The interplay between adipose tissue and the cardiovascular system: is fat always bad?
Obesity is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, clinical research has revealed a paradoxically protective role for obesity in patients with chronic diseases including CVD, suggesting that the biological “quality” of adipose tissue (AT) may be more important than overall AT mass o...
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Oxford University Press
2017
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