Hypertriglyceridemic waist: A useful screening phenotype in preventive cardiology?
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Hypertriglyceridemic waist: a useful screening phenotype in preventive cardiology?
The worldwide increase in the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes represents a tremendous challenge for the Canadian health care system, especially if we consider that this phenomenon may largely be explained by the epidemic of obesity. However, despite the well-recognized increased morbidity and mortality associated with an elevated body weight, there is now more and more evidence high...
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1 Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Chicago, IL; 2 Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas; 3 Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.; 4 Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Consulting Unit, Boston University, Boston, MA; 5 Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Rush ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Cardiology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0828-282X
DOI: 10.1016/s0828-282x(07)71007-3