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High aortic pulse-wave velocity may be responsible for elevated red blood cell distribution width in overweight and obese people: a community-based, cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Obesity and overweight are risk factors for atherosclerosis. Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is associated with subclinical cardiac diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between RDW and aortic stiffness in overweight or obese subjects. METHODS: A tota...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Clinics Cardive Publishing
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5340901/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26895298 http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2016-005 |