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Peripheral adiposity and cardiovascular risk.
To the Editor: In their recent Circulation article describing a study of older Danish women, Tankó et al1 presented strong evidence that peripheral localization of fat mass is associated with reduced calcification in the aorta. This interesting finding leads one to ask whether all anatomic sites of peripheral fat contribute equally to the apparent protective effect. Several studies have previou...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Circulation Research
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0009-7330,1524-4571
DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.107.151621