Adiponectin Provides Additional Information to Conventional Cardiovascular Risk Factors for Assessing the Risk of Atherosclerosis in Both Genders

Jin-Ha Yoon; Sung-Kyung Kim; Ho-June Choi; Soo-In Choi; So-Youn Cha; Sang-Baek Koh; Hee-Taik Kang; Song Vogue Ahn

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0075535

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Adiponectin Provides Additional Information to Conventional Cardiovascular Risk Factors for Assessing the Risk of Atherosclerosis in Both Genders

Jin-Ha Yoon,

Affiliations Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Department of Preventive Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Department of Medicine, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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Sung-Kyung Kim,

Affiliations Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Department of Preventive Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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Ho-June Choi,

Affiliation Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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Soo-In Choi,

Affiliation Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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So-Youn Cha,

Affiliation Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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Sang-Baek Koh,

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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Hee-Taik Kang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hee-Taik Kang, Song Vogue Ahn

* E-mail: KANGHT@yuhs.ac (HTK); dodge@yonsei.ac.kr (SVA)

Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Department of Medicine, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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Song Vogue Ahn

Contributed equally to this work with: Hee-Taik Kang, Song Vogue Ahn

* E-mail: KANGHT@yuhs.ac (HTK); dodge@yonsei.ac.kr (SVA)

Affiliations Department of Preventive Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Institute of Genomic Cohort, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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Adiponectin Provides Additional Information to Conventional Cardiovascular Risk Factors for Assessing the Risk of Atherosclerosis in Both Genders

Jin-Ha Yoon,
Sung-Kyung Kim,
Ho-June Choi,
Soo-In Choi,
So-Youn Cha,
Sang-Baek Koh,
Hee-Taik Kang,
Song Vogue Ahn

Published: October 8, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075535

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