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Does scavenging reactive oxygen species with ascorbic acid improve microvascular function in young adults with obesity and metabolic syndrome?
Does scavenging reactive oxygen species with ascorbic acid improve microvascular function in young adults with obesity and metabolic syndrome?
In young adults, oxidative stress influences vascular responsiveness across lean, obese, and metabolic syndrome groups, while obese and metabolic syndrome patients show reduced dependence on prostacyclin for vasodilation.
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Oxidative stress modulates select vasodilator responses in young adults; hypothesis-generating for ascorbic acid in obesity, should not change practice.
Limberg et al. (2013) studied this question.
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