Obesity and cardiovascular disease / edited by Malcolm K. Robinson, Abraham Thomas.
Although cardiovascular disease remains the leading proximate cause of death in the United States, it is now estimated that obesity may be equivalent to smoking as the leading cause of preventable death in America. In light of these statistics, this reference presents our current understanding of th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Taylor & Francis,
2006.
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| Series: | Fundamental and clinical cardiology ;
v. 58. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Contents; Contributors; 1 Overview of the Obesity Epidemic and Its Relationship to Cardiovascular Disease; 2 Obesity and Hypertension; 3 Insulin Resistance, Obesity, Body Fat Distribution, and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease; 4 Obesity, Lipids, and Cardiovascular Disease; 5 Vascular Dysfunction and Obesity; 6 Obesity and Inflammatory and Thrombotic Factors; 7 Obstructive Sleep Apnea; 8 Molecular Genetics of Obesity and Cardiovascular Diseases; 9 Risk Assessment and Treatment Standards of Obesity and Overweight in Relation to Cardiovascular Disease.