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Effects of obesity phenotype on coronary heart disease risk factors in response to weight loss.
Obesity research - 1 Aug 2002
Okura Tomohiro, Tanaka Kiyoji, Nakanishi Tomoko, Lee Dong Jun, Nakata Yoshio, Wee Seung Wan, Shimokata Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether there is a difference in risk-factor improvement for coronary heart disease (CHD) between the intra-abdominal fat (IF) and subcutaneous fat (SF) obesity phenotypes after weight loss. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Subjects included 55 mildly obese women (body mass index, 25 to 36 kg/m(2); age range, 34 to 63 years) who had at least two of three CHD risk factors [systolic blood...
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