Low density lipoprotein cholesterol is inversely correlated with abdominal visceral fat area: a magnetic resonance imaging study

BACKGROUND: Visceral Fat Area (VFA) is an independent predictor of coronary disease. While low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is used to determine risk and guide therapy, its accuracy fails in obese patients who may have low LDL-C despite high VFA. OBJECTIVE: We sought to describe the relat...

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Autores principales: Hoenig, Michel R, Cowin, Gary, Buckley, Raymond, McHenery, Christine, Coulthard, Allan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3032721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21247428
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-511X-10-12

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