HE Bays, AP Tighe, R Sadovsky, MH … - Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com Hypertriglyceridemia is a risk factor for atherosclerotic coronary heart
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disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus that are due to abdominal obesity and
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- ►sherbornegibbs.com [PDF] K Chen, JB Lindsey, A Khera, JAD Lemos, CR … - Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research, 2008 - dvr.sagepub.com Abstract D iabetes mellitus (DM) has been termed a "coronary disease
equivalent", yet data suggest that only those DM subjects with metabolic
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G Mulè, P Cusimano, E Nardi, S Cottone, C … - Journal of human hypertension, 2008 - nature.com Several studies documented an association between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and
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K Cusi - Springer The epidemic of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is a public health problem that threatens
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