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Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Genetic Traits in Metabolically Healthy and Unhealthy Obese Individuals.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2015
Berezina A, Belyaeva O, Berkovich O, Baranova E, Karonova T, Bazhenova E, Brovin D, Grineva E, Shlyakhto E
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OBJECTIVE: To assess prevalence of metabolically healthy individuals among patients with abdominal obesity (AO) and to determine phenotype and potential genetic traits associated with a benign metabolic status. METHODS: 503 AO patients without cardiovascular diseases were examined. Waist circumference (WC), BMI, blood pressure, plasma glucose and serum insulin levels, HOMA-IR, lipid profile, and adiponectin (AN)...
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