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The metabolically healthy but obese phenotype is associated with lower plasma levels of persistent organic pollutants as compared to the metabolically abnormal obese phenotype.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jun 2014
Gauthier Marie-Soleil, Rabasa-Lhoret Rémi, Prud'homme Denis, Karelis Antony D, Geng Dawei, van Bavel Bert, Ruzzin Jérôme
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CONTEXT: Although obesity is strongly linked to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, a subset of obese individuals termed metabolically healthy but obese (MHO) appears relatively protected from the development of cardiometabolic complications. The origins of this metabolically healthy phenotyp...
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