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Abdominal obesity is associated with microalbuminuria and an elevated cardiovascular risk profile in patients with hypertension

BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity are frequently associated with preventable death and have emerged as a major challenge to public health. There is an ongoing debate on the role of abdominal obesity and its value in predicting cardiovascular and renal outcomes. The present analysis evaluates the pr...

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Autores principales: Thoenes, Martin, Reil, Jan-Christian, Khan, Bobby Varkey, Bramlage, Peter, Volpe, Massimo, Kirch, Wilhelm, Böhm, Michael
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2710972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19649308