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Low adiponectin is associated with diastolic dysfunction in women: a cross-sectional study from the Tromsø Study

BACKGROUND: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is closely associated with diastolic dysfunction and related to obesity and female sex. We investigated whether adiponectin, an adipocyte-secreted protein hormone with cardioprotective effects, was associated with indices of diastolic dysfun...

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Autores principales: Norvik, Jon V., Schirmer, Henrik, Ytrehus, Kirsti, Jenssen, Trond G., Zykova, Svetlana N., Eggen, Anne E., Eriksen, Bjørn O., Solbu, Marit D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5351172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28292262
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-017-0509-2