Adiposity Has No Direct Effect on Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Adolescents and Young Adults: Use of Structural Equation Modeling to Elucidate Indirect & Direct Pathways

BACKGROUND: Carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) is associated with CV events in adults. Thicker cIMT is found in youth with CV risk factors including obesity. Which risk factors have the most effect upon cIMT in youth and whether obesity has direct or indirect effects is not known. We used structu...

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Publicat a:Atherosclerosis
Autors principals: Gao, Zhiqian, Khoury, Philip R., McCoy, Connie E., Shah, Amy S., Kimball, Thomas R., Dolan, Lawrence M., Urbina, Elaine M.
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: 2015
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4764416/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26752690
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.11.033
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