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The hypertriglyceridemic-waist phenotype and the risk of coronary artery disease: results from the EPIC-Norfolk prospective population study.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne - 21 Sept 2010
Arsenault Benoit J, Lemieux Isabelle, Després Jean-Pierre, Wareham Nicholas J, Kastelein John J P, Khaw Kay-Tee, Boekholdt S Matthijs
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BACKGROUND: Screening for increased waist circumference and hypertriglyceridemia (the hypertriglyceridemic-waist phenotype) has been proposed as an inexpensive approach to identify patients with excess intra-abdominal adiposity and associated metabolic abnormalities. We examined the relationship between the hypertriglyceridemic-waist phenotype to the risk of coronary artery disease in apparently healthy...
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