Does endothelial dysfunction correlate better with waist-to-hip ratio than with body mass index or waist circumference among obese patients?

Does endothelial dysfunction correlate better with waist-to-hip ratio than with body mass index or waist circumference among obese patients?

PURPOSE: Obesity is associated with cardiovascular disease, affecting large arteries and the microcirculation. Waist circumference and body mass index are routinely employed as measures for assessing obesity-related health risk, whereas waist-to-hip ratio is not. We aimed to investigate the associat...

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Main Authors:	Nivaldo Ribeiro Villela, Luiz Guilherme Kraemer Aguiar, Luciana Bahia, Daniel Bottino, Eliete Bouskela
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier España 2006-02-01
Series:	Clinics
Subjects:	Endothelium Vascular Reactivity Waist-to-Hip Ratio Body Mass Index Waist Circumference
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322006000100010&tlng=en

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