Intima-media thickness and arterial function in obese and non-obese children

BACKGROUND: Obesity is an independent cardiovascular risk factor that contributes to the development of atherosclerosis. Subclinical forms of the disease can be assessed via sonographic measurement of carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) and distensibility – both may already be altered in childhood...

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Autores principales: Weberruß, Heidi, Pirzer, Raphael, Böhm, Birgit, Dalla Pozza, Robert, Netz, Heinrich, Oberhoffer, Renate
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4706715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26798485
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40608-016-0081-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4706715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26798485
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40608-016-0081-9

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