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Gender Differences in the Relationships Among Obesity, Adiponectin and Brachial Artery Distensibility in Adolescents and Young Adults

BACKGROUND: Obesity-related CV diseases are a major cause of CV mortality. Obesity-related reduction in vascular protective adipose-derived proteins like adiponectin (APN) play a role. METHODS: We compared brachial artery distensibility (BrachD) to APN, level of adiposity and other CV risk factors (...

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Autores principales: Urbina, Elaine M., Khoury, Philip, Martin, Lisa J., D’Alessio, David, Dolan, Lawrence M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2768126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19704412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2009.164