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coronary heart disease, and is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular
disease. The risk of developing coronary heart disease is directly related ... Cited by 279 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
H Kolb, T Mandrup-Poulsen - Diabetologia, 2005 - Springer Abstract Subclinical, low-grade systemic inflammation has been observed in
patients with type 2 diabetes and in those at increased risk of the disease.
This may be more than an epiphenomenon. Alleles of genes encoding immune/ ... Cited by 118 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►canadianmedicaljournal.ca BJ Nicklas, T You, M Pahor - Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2005 - canadianmedicaljournal.ca PERSISTENT LOW-GRADE INFLAMMATION, as indicated by higher circulating levels of
inflammatory mediators such as C-reactive protein, interleukin-6 and tumour
necrosis factor- , is a strong risk factor for several chronic diseases. ... Cited by 74 - Related articles - All 13 versions
E Selvin, NP Paynter, TP Erlinger - Archives of Internal Medicine, 2007 - Am Med Assoc You are seeing this message because your Web browser does not support basic Web
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A Avogaro, SV de Kreutzenberg - Clinica Chimica Acta, 2005 - Elsevier Obesity is a chronic disease, whose incidence is alarmingly growing, affecting
not only adults but also children and adolescents. It is associated with severe
metabolic abnormalities and increased cardiovascular morbidity and ... Cited by 46 - Related articles - All 4 versions
MJ Sharman, JS Volek - Clinical Science, 2004 - cs.portlandpress.com In recent years, it has become apparent that low-grade vascular inflammation
plays a key role in all stages of the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Weight
loss has been shown to improve blood inflammatory markers; however, it is ... Cited by 37 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 11 versions
T Reinehr, B Stoffel-Wagner, CL Roth, W … - Metabolism, 2005 - Elsevier To confirm the existence of obesity-induced inflammation and to clarify the
association between such inflammation and other cardiovascular risk factors, we
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HJ Willens, SC Chakko, P Byers, JA Chirinos, … - The American journal of cardiology, 2005 - Elsevier To evaluate the effects of substantial weight loss on tissue Doppler imaging
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- ►eje.org AE Malavazos, E Cereda, L Morricone, C … - European Journal of Endocrinology, 2005 - eje.org Results: Obese patients had higher MCP-1 (P < 0.0001) and CRP (P < 0.0001)
levels than controls. MCP-1 levels were correlated with VAT area (r = 0.57, P <
0.0001), CRP (P < 0.0001), left ventricular mass (LVM) (P < 0.02), LVM ... Cited by 26 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►endojournals.org S Shadid, CDA Stehouwer, MD Jensen - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2006 - Endocrine Soc Results: Diet/exercise reduced body fat and visceral fat and improved insulin
sensitivity parameters; pioglitazone improved insulin sensitivity to a similar
degree but increased body fat. Adiponectin increased more after ... Cited by 26 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
