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Metabolic syndrome pathophysiology: the role of adipose tissue.
Kidney international. Supplement - 1 Dec 2008
Ordovas Jose M, Corella Dolores
Abstract excerpt
The metabolic syndrome comprises a set of metabolic and physiological risk factors associated with elevated cardiovascular disease risk. The expression of each one of its major factors (hypertriglyceridemia, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, hypertension, abdominal obesity, and insulin resistance) has been found to be the result of complex interactions between genetic and environmental factors....
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