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Metabolically healthy obesity and the risk for subclinical atherosclerosis.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jul 2017
Kim Tae Jun, Shin Hee-Young, Chang Yoosoo, Kang Mira, Jee Jaehwan, Choi Yoon-Ho, Ahn Hyeon Seon, Ahn Soo Hyun, Son Hee Jung, Ryu Seungho
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Although obesity and metabolic abnormalities are known risk factors for cardiovascular disease, the risk of cardiovascular disease among obese individuals without obesity-related metabolic abnormalities, referred to as metabolically healthy obese (MHO), remains unclear. We examined the association between body mass index categories and the development of subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in...
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