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Ethnic variability in adiposity and cardiovascular risk: the variable disease selection hypothesis.

International journal of epidemiology - 1 Feb 2009

Wells Jonathan C K

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Evidence increasingly suggests that ethnic differences in cardiovascular risk are partly mediated by adipose tissue biology, which refers to the regional distribution of adipose tissue and its differential metabolic activity. This paper proposes a novel evolutionary hypothesis for ethnic genetic variability in adipose tissue biology. Whereas medical interest focuses on the harmful effect of excess fat, the value...

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PMID: 18820320
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn183

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