The mediating role of the visceral fat area in the correlation between the serum osteocalcin levels and a prolonged QTc interval.
CONCLUSIONS: VFA partially mediated the inverse correlation between the serum osteocalcin levels and QTc interval, suggesting that improving fat metabolism may be a mechanism by which osteocalcin protects against cardiovascular diseases.
PMID: 32871360 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cytokine - Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Xu Y, Wang Y, Ma X, Xiao Y, Wang Y, Bao Y Tags: Cytokine Source Type: research
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