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Estimating the extent of subclinical arteriosclerosis of persons with prediabetes and diabetes mellitus among Japanese urban workers and their families: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus (hereafter called diabetes) is considered to accelerate arteriosclerosis leading to coronary heart disease and stroke. Thus, it is important to quantitatively estimate the extent of subclinical arteriosclerosis. A new method called cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) is...

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Autores principales: Namekata, Tsukasa, Shirai, Kohji, Tanabe, Naohito, Miyanishi, Kunio, Nakata, Mitsuko, Suzuki, Kenji, Arai, Chikao, Ishizuka, Norio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4765237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26911293
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-016-0230-6