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Abdominal obesity phenotypes and risk of cardiovascular disease in a decade of follow-up: the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Feb 2015
Keihani Sorena, Hosseinpanah Farhad, Barzin Maryam, Serahati Sara, Doustmohamadian Soraya, Azizi Fereidoun
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OBJECTIVE: Obesity is a heterogeneous condition and risk of related health outcomes in different obesity phenotypes is a controversial subject. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in different abdominal obesity phenotypes during a decade-long follow-up. METHODS: In this large population-based cohort, 7122 participants (42.7% men), aged ≥30 years, from the Tehran Lipid and...
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