Open AccessAssociation Between Duration of Overall and Abdominal Obesity Beginning in Young Adulthood and Coronary Artery Calcification in Middle Age
Author(s) -
Jared P. Reis,
Catherine M. Loria,
Cora E. Lewis,
Tiffany M. PowellWiley,
Gina S. Wei,
J. Jeffrey Carr,
James G. Terry,
Kiang Liu
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2013.7833
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal obesity , waist , obesity , body mass index , coronary artery disease , subclinical infection , agatston score , cardiology , coronary artery calcium
Younger individuals are experiencing a greater cumulative exposure to excess adiposity over their lifetime. However, few studies have determined the consequences of long-term obesity.
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