Serum apoptotic marker M30 is positively correlated with early diastolic dysfunction in adolescent obesity.

PURPOSE:Obesity in adolescence has been shown to be related to cardiac geometric and functional changes. Cardiac dysfunction in adults with obesity could be attributed to chronic low-grade inflammation, apoptosis of cardiomyocyte, and glucose metabolic disorder. The aforementioned association in ado...

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Main Authors: Ming-Chun Yang, Hsien-Kuan Liu, Yu-Tsun Su, Ching-Chung Tsai, Jiunn-Ren Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217429