Cardiovascular disease in genotypes for obesity and diabetes.

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Cardiovascular diseases represent a major cause of morbidity and mortality in both obese and diabetic patients. The mechanisms by which diabetes or obesity cause the cardiac lesions is poorly understood. A number of risk factors associated with the development of atherosclerotic vascular disease, a precursor of heart disease, are found in diabetes and obesity. There is evidence that diabetes or obesity may even...

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