Weight loss and carotid intima-media thickness—a meta-analysis
Objective: Obesity is a risk factor for clinical cardiovascular disease, putatively via increased burden of atherosclerosis. It remains contentious as to whether weight loss in people with obesity is accompanied by a reduction in intima-media thickness, a noninvasive marker of subclinical atheroscle...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54765 |