Insulin Resistance and Inflammation as Risk Factors for Congestive Heart Failure

Insulin Resistance and Inflammation as Risk Factors for Congestive Heart Failure

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and the identification of modifiable risk factors is crucial in order to diminish suffering of this common disease. The primary aim of this thesis was to investigate novel metabolic risk factors for CHF, with a focus on insu...

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Main Author: Ingelsson, Erik
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Geriatrik 2005
Subjects:
Geriatric nursing
congestive heart failure
insulin resistance
inflammation
obesity
blood sedimentation
apolipoproteins
antioxidants
beta carotene
oxidative stress
registries
epidemiology
risk factors
Äldrevård
Older people and ageing
Äldre och åldrande
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