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Influence of the definition of "metabolically healthy obesity" on the progression of coronary artery calcification.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Yoon Ji Won, Jung Chan-Hyeon, Kim Min-Kyung, Park Hyo Eun, Park Kyong Soo, Jang Hak Chul, Moon Min Kyong, Choi Su-Yeon, Koo Bo Kyung
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Debates whether metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) increases the cardiovascular risk might be due to the metabolic instability of MHO or the absence of a perfect definition of MHO. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the influence of the MHO phenotype on the coronary artery calcium score (CACS) progression according to definition of MHO. METHODS: We analyzed a retrospective cohort with a CACS of 0 at...
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