Manifold implications of obesity in ischemic heart disease among Japanese patients according to covariance structure analysis: Low reactivity of B-type natriuretic peptide as an intervening risk factor

• Joshi Tsutsumi,

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kosuke Minai ,

  * E-mail: heart@jikei.ac.jp

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Makoto Kawai,

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kazuo Ogawa,

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yasunori Inoue,

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Satoshi Morimoto,

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Toshikazu Tanaka,

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Tomohisa Nagoshi,

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Takayuki Ogawa,

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Michihiro Yoshimura

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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