Carotid Intima‐Media Thickness but Not Carotid Artery Plaque in Healthy Individuals Is Linked to Lean Body Mass

BACKGROUND: Lean body mass has been identified as a key determinant of left ventricular mass and wall thickness. However, the importance of lean body mass or other body‐size measures as normative determinants of carotid intima‐media thickness (cIMT), a widely used early indicator of atherosclerosis,...

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Autores principales: Arnold, Matthew, Linden, Andrew, Clarke, Robert, Guo, Yu, Du, Huaidong, Bian, Zheng, Wan, Eric, Yang, Meng, Wang, Liang, Chen, Yuexin, Chen, Jianwei, Long, Huajun, Gu, Qijun, Collins, Rory, Li, Liming, Chen, Zhengming, Parish, Sarah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6761650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31364443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.118.011919

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