Population
64 severely obese patients
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Visceral fat diameter independently predicts endothelial dysfunction in obesity; hypothesis-generating for targeted reduction trials.
In severely obese patients, visceral fat diameter measured by ultrasound is a major independent determinant of endothelial dysfunction.
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