Visceral Adiposity Index May Be a Surrogate Marker for the Assessment of the Effects of Obesity on Arterial Stiffness

Fan Yang; Guofeng Wang; Zhixiao Wang; Min Sun; Mengdie Cao; Zhenxin Zhu; Qi Fu; Jia Mao; Yun Shi; Tao Yang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104365

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Visceral Adiposity Index May Be a Surrogate Marker for the Assessment of the Effects of Obesity on Arterial Stiffness

Fan Yang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Fan Yang, Guofeng Wang, Zhixiao Wang, Min Sun

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Guofeng Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Fan Yang, Guofeng Wang, Zhixiao Wang, Min Sun

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Zhixiao Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Fan Yang, Guofeng Wang, Zhixiao Wang, Min Sun

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Min Sun ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Fan Yang, Guofeng Wang, Zhixiao Wang, Min Sun

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Mengdie Cao,

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Zhenxin Zhu,

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Qi Fu,

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Jia Mao,

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Yun Shi,

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Tao Yang

* E-mail: yangt@njmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Visceral Adiposity Index May Be a Surrogate Marker for the Assessment of the Effects of Obesity on Arterial Stiffness

Fan Yang,
Guofeng Wang,
Zhixiao Wang,
Min Sun,
Mengdie Cao,
Zhenxin Zhu,
Qi Fu,
Jia Mao,
Yun Shi,
Tao Yang

Published: August 8, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104365

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