Obesity Accelerates the Progression of Coronary Atherosclerosis in Young Men

By Henry C. McGill, C. Mcmahan, E. Herderick, A. Zieske, G. Malcom, R. Tracy, J. Strong. Circulation, 2002

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Subfields: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

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• Obesity and risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in children and adolescents. (2003, background): “Recently, the Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth study, which was designed to examine the effects of risk factors for adult coronary heart disease on atherosclerosis in autopsied persons aged 15–34 yr, reported that obesity (measured via BMI) is associated with accelerated coro”
• The medical complications of obesity. (2006, background): “In addition, obesity was associated with both fatty streaks and raised atherosclerotic lesions in the right coronary and left anterior descending coronary arteries in young men, although not in women.(47) In patients with pre-existing heart disease, however, the relationship between obesity and card”