Ectopic Fat Depots and Coronary Artery Calcium in South Asians Compared With Other Racial/Ethnic Groups

BACKGROUND: South Asians have a low body mass index and high prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) relative to other racial/ethnic groups. Radiographically detected ectopic fat distribution is better associated with CVD than body mass index. We assessed whether differences in ectopic fat depots...

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Autores principales: Garg, Sachin K., Lin, Feng, Kandula, Namratha, Ding, Jingzhong, Carr, Jeffrey, Allison, Matthew, Liu, Kiang, Herrington, David, Vaidya, Dhananjay, Vittinghoff, Eric, Kanaya, Alka M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5210365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27856485
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.004257

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5210365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27856485
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.004257

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