The Role Of Inflammation In The Association Between Overall And Visceral Adiposity And Subclinical Atherosclerosis

Inflammation may underlie the association between obesity, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. We investigated to what extent markers of inflammation mediate associations between overall and visceral body fat and subclinical atherosclerosis.

Source: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases : NMCD - March 27, 2019 Category: Nutrition Authors: Christen T, Trompet S, Rensen PCN, Willems van Dijk K, Lamb HJ, Jukema JW, Rosendaal FR, le Cessie S, de Mutsert R Source Type: research