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Hypertriglyceridemic waist: a useful screening phenotype in preventive cardiology?
The Canadian journal of cardiology - 1 Oct 2007
Lemieux Isabelle, Poirier Paul, Bergeron Jean, Alméras Natalie, Lamarche Benoît, Cantin Bernard, Dagenais Gilles R, Després Jean-Pierre
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The worldwide increase in the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes represents a tremendous challenge for the Canadian health care system, especially if we consider that this phenomenon may largely be explained by the epidemic of obesity. However, despite the well-recognized increased morbidity and mortality associated with an elevated body weight, there is now more and more evidence highlighting the...
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