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The relationship between various measures of obesity and arterial stiffness in morbidly obese patients
BACKGROUND: Obesity is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Arterial stiffness assessed by carotid femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) is an independent predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. We aimed to investigate how various measures of body composition affect art...
Autores principales: | Nordstrand, N, Gjevestad, E, Dinh, KN, Hofsø, D, Røislien, J, Saltvedt, E, Os, I, Hjelmesæth, J |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3042421/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21284837 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-11-7 |
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