Does abdominal adiposity causally increase the risk of cerebrovascular disease?
Abdominal adiposity is causally linked to cerebrovascular disease through pathways partially independent of blood pressure and independent of glucose levels, suggesting novel therapeutic targets for stroke.
Abdominal adiposity may trigger causal pathological processes, partially independent from blood pressure and totally independent from glucose levels, that lead to cerebrovascular disease. Potential targets of these pathological processes could represent novel therapeutic opportunities for stroke. ANN NEUROL 2020;87:516-524.
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