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Unfavorable Blood Rheology is Closely Associated with Arterial Stiffness in Obese Patients
2009
Endocrine journal
on atherosclerosis formation in obesity, it is of interest in the relationship between the rheological/microcirculatory conditions as assessed by the MC-FAN and peripheral/cetral arterial stiffness as assessed by pulsewave velocity (PWV) [8] . Our study was aimed to observe the relationship extent among obese patients. Materials and Methods A total of 109 Japanese obese patients (body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25, 45 men and 64 women, mean age 51.3 years) were enrolled, and consisted of 88
doi:10.1507/endocrj.k09e-167
pmid:19550074
fatcat:esvdnqrrlrffzkibpxoxdzolga