Increased Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Reduced Distensibility in Human Class III Obesity: Independent and Differential Influences of Adiposity and Blood Pressure on the Vasculature

• Xiao L. Moore,

  Affiliation Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Danielle Michell,

  Affiliation Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Sabrina Lee,

  Affiliation Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Michael R. Skilton,

  Affiliation The Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

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• Rajesh Nair,

  Affiliations Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Alfred Heart Centre, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia

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• John B. Dixon,

  Affiliations Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Obesity Research Unit, Department of General Practise, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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• Anthony M. Dart ,

  * E-mail: A.Dart@alfred.org.au

  Affiliations Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Alfred Heart Centre, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia

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• Jaye Chin-Dusting

  Affiliation Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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