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Overview of Epidemiology and Contribution of Obesity and Body Fat Distribution to Cardiovascular Disease: An Update.
Progress in cardiovascular diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Piché Marie-Eve, Poirier Paul, Lemieux Isabelle, Després Jean-Pierre
Abstract excerpt
Obesity is recognized as a heterogeneous condition in which individuals with similar body mass index may have distinct metabolic and cardiovascular risk profiles. Susceptibility to obesity-related cardiometabolic complications is not solely mediated by overall body fat mass, but is largely dependent upon individual differences in regional body fat distribution and ability of subcutaneous adipose tissue to expand....
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