Body composition is a strong predictor of local carotid stiffness in Swedish, young adults – the cross sectional Lifestyle, biomarkers, and atherosclerosis study

BACKGROUND: Obesity has nearly tripled worldwide during the last four decades, especially in young adults, and is of growing concern since it is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). We explored how different body composition measurements are associated with intima media thickness (cIMT)...

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Autores principales: Fernberg, Ulrika, op ‘t Roodt, Jos, Fernström, Maria, Hurtig-Wennlöf, Anita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6712809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31455254
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-019-1180-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6712809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31455254
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-019-1180-6

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