Influence of the definition of "metabolically healthy obesity" on the progression of coronary artery calcification.

OBJECTIVES:Debates whether metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) increases the cardiovascular risk might be due to the metabolic instability of MHO or the absence of a perfect definition of MHO. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the influence of the MHO phenotype on the coronary artery calcium score...

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Main Authors: Ji Won Yoon, Chan-Hyeon Jung, Min-Kyung Kim, Hyo Eun Park, Kyong Soo Park, Hak Chul Jang, Min Kyong Moon, Su-Yeon Choi, Bo Kyung Koo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5456095?pdf=render