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See Latest ArticlesA Prospective Study of Abdominal Obesity and Coronary Artery Calcium Progression in Older Adults
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 10/29/09
Kramer CK et al. – In this study of older adults without known heart disease, abdominal obesity was an independent predictor of CAC progression. These results point to the importance of using clinical measurements of abdominal obesity to identify individuals at increased risk for atherosclerosis.
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