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June 2023 Br J Cardiol 2023;30:70–3 doi:10.5837/bjc.2023.017
Metabolic syndrome components determine the presence of subclinical atherosclerosis in obese and overweight
Gustavo A Giunta, Pablo D Cutine, María F Aguiló Iztueta, Daniel Pirola, Nahuel Messina, Lorena Helman, María I Rodríguez Acuña, Ariel Kraselnik, Laura Brandani, Juan J Badimon
Introduction Overweight and obesity are a global pandemic.1 These evermore frequent conditions are associated with serious chronic diseases (e.g. diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidaemia, cancer), and incremented risk for cardiovascular events.2,3 Metabolic syndrome (MS), a constellation of anthropometric and metabolic anomalies, is frequently associated with an increased body mass index (BMI) and related to an adverse cardiovascular prognosis.4 Despite the well-established association between BMI and cardiovascular prognosis, the concept of healthy obesity has emerged in more recent years, resembling a phenotype of obesity without metabolic distur
July 2017 Br J Cardiol 2017;24:113–16 doi:http://doi.org/10.5837/bjc.2017.018 Online First
Glitazones (thiazolidinediones)
Emma Johns, Gerry McKay, Miles Fisher
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February 2002 Br J Cardiol 2002;9:115-19
United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study: implications for metformin
Clifford J Bailey, Ian W Campbell
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