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Hypertriglyceridemic waist: a simple clinical phenotype associated with coronary artery disease in women.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Jan 2012
Blackburn Patricia, Lemieux Isabelle, Lamarche Benoît, Bergeron Jean, Perron Patrice, Tremblay Gérald, Gaudet Daniel, Després Jean-Pierre
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the present study was to compare the ability of the hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype and the National Cholesterol Education Program-Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATP III) clinical criteria to predict coronary artery disease (CAD) risk in a sample of women. We studied 254 women among whom the presence/absence of CAD was assessed by angiography. The hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype was defined...
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