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Correlation of epicardial fat and anthropometric measurements in Asian-Indians: A community based study

BACKGROUND: It is increasingly evident that visceral adipose tissue plays a leading role in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome. Unfortunately, accurate quantification of intra-abdominal visceral fat is cumbersome and expensive. Epicardial fat represents the component of visceral fat distribu...

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Autores principales: Shetty, Ranjan, Vivek, G., Naha, Kushal, Nayak, Krishnananda, Goyal, Amit, Dias, Lorraine S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3696206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23826555
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0770.110739