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Contribution of visceral fat accumulation to carotid intima–media thickness in a Chinese population

OBJECTIVE: Recent observational studies have reported that body fat distribution might be differentially associated with subclinical atherosclerosis. We previously reported that visceral fat area (VFA) ⩾80 cm(2) is the optimal cutoff for identifying abdominal obesity in Chinese subjects. We examined...

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Autores principales: Wang, Y, Ma, X, Zhou, M, Zong, W, Zhang, L, Hao, Y, Zhu, J, Xiao, Y, Li, D, Bao, Y, Jia, W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3448043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22124446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2011.222