Weight loss and carotid intima-media thickness—a meta-analysis

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• 作者：Michael R. Skilton ; Si Qin Yeo ; Jia Yi Anna Ne ; David S. Celermajer ; Ian D. Caterson and Crystal Man Ying Lee
• 刊名：Obesity
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：25
• 期：2
• 页码：357-362
• 全文大小：529K
• ISSN：1930-739X

文摘

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 atherosclerosis, consistent with a lowering of risk of cardiovascular events.