Prevalence, Distribution, and Risk Factor Correlates of High Thoracic Periaortic Fat in the Framingham Heart Study

BACKGROUND: Thoracic periaortic adipose tissue (TAT) is associated with atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and may play a role in obesity‐mediated vascular disease. We sought to determine the prevalence, distribution, and risk factor correlates of high TAT. METHODS AND RES...

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Autores principales: Britton, Kathryn A., Pedley, Alison, Massaro, Joseph M., Corsini, Erin M., Murabito, Joanne M., Hoffmann, Udo, Fox, Caroline S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2012
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3540666/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23316328
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.112.004200

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3540666/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23316328
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.112.004200

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