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Obesity phenotype and cardiovascular changes.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Sept 2011
Park Juri, Kim Seong H, Cho Goo-Yeong, Baik Inkyung, Kim Nan H, Lim Hong E, Kim Eung J, Park Chang G, Lim Sang Y, Kim Yong H, Kim Hyun, Lee Seung K, Shin Chol
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OBJECTIVE: Healthy obese phenotype with favorable metabolic profiles is proposed. However, whether healthy obesity leads to target organ changes is controversial. We investigated the impact of a healthy obesity on cardiovascular structure and function. METHODS: A total of 2540 participants without known cardiovascular disease were enrolled. According to BMI and the metabolic syndrome (MetS) component, the...
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