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SUBMITTER: Talavera-Garcia E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4827867 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Talavera-Garcia Eva E Delgado-Lista Javier J Garcia-Rios Antonio A Delgado-Casado Nieves N Gomez-Luna Purificacion P Gomez-Garduño Angela A Gomez-Delgado Francisco F Alcala-Diaz Juan F JF Yubero-Serrano Elena E Marin Carmen C Perez-Caballero Ana I AI Fuentes-Jimenez Francisco J FJ Camargo Antonio A Rodriguez-Cantalejo Fernando F Tinahones Francisco J FJ Ordovas Jose M JM Perez-Jimenez Francisco F Perez-Martinez Pablo P Lopez-Miranda Jose J
PloS one 20160411 4
<h4>Background</h4>Recent data suggest that the presence of associated metabolic abnormalities may be important modifiers of the association of obesity with a poorer prognosis in coronary heart disease. We determined the influence of isolated overweight and obesity on carotid intima media thickness (IMT-CC), and also assessed whether this influence was determined by the presence of metabolic abnormalities.<h4>Methods</h4>1002 participants from the CordioPrev study were studied at entry. We deter ...[more]