The role of obesity in carotid plaque instability: interaction with age, gender, and cardiovascular risk factors
Abstract Background In the last decade, several studies have reported an unexpected and seemingly paradoxical inverse correlation between BMI and incidence of cardiovascular diseases. This so called “obesity paradox effect” has been mainly investigated through imaging methods instead of histologic e...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-03-01
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Series: | Cardiovascular Diabetology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12933-018-0685-0 |