Uptake of Aortic 18F-FDG Is Correlated with Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Leptin in a General Population

Ai Haraguchi; Naomi Hayashida; Toshihiko Kamasaki; Izumi Miyamoto; Toshiya Usui; Takao Ando; Norio Abiru; Hironori Yamasaki; Kenya Chiba; Takashi Kudo; Atsushi Kawakami; Noboru Takamura

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111990

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Uptake of Aortic ¹⁸F-FDG Is Correlated with Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Leptin in a General Population

Ai Haraguchi,

Affiliations Department of Global Health, Medicine and Welfare, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Naomi Hayashida,

Affiliation Department of Global Health, Medicine and Welfare, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Toshihiko Kamasaki,

Affiliations Department of Global Health, Medicine and Welfare, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, Nishi-Isahaya Hospital PET/CT Diagnostic Imaging Center, Isahaya, Japan
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Izumi Miyamoto,

Affiliation Nishi-Isahaya Hospital PET/CT Diagnostic Imaging Center, Isahaya, Japan
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Toshiya Usui,

Affiliation Nishi-Isahaya Hospital PET/CT Diagnostic Imaging Center, Isahaya, Japan
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Takao Ando,

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Norio Abiru,

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Hironori Yamasaki,

Affiliation Center for Health and Community Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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Kenya Chiba,

Affiliation Nishi-Isahaya Hospital PET/CT Diagnostic Imaging Center, Isahaya, Japan
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Takashi Kudo,

Affiliation Radioisotope Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Atsushi Kawakami,

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Noboru Takamura

* E-mail: takamura@nagasaki-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Global Health, Medicine and Welfare, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Uptake of Aortic ¹⁸F-FDG Is Correlated with Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Leptin in a General Population

Ai Haraguchi,
Naomi Hayashida,
Toshihiko Kamasaki,
Izumi Miyamoto,
Toshiya Usui,
Takao Ando,
Norio Abiru,
Hironori Yamasaki,
Kenya Chiba,
Takashi Kudo

Published: November 6, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111990

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