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Assessment of early vascular ageing (EVA) biomarkers may help refine risk assessment in obese individuals.
Practitioners may consider using EVA biomarkers for better risk assessment in obese patients.
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Assessment of early vascular ageing (EVA) biomarkers including arterial stiffness, central blood pressure, carotid intima-media thickness and flow-mediated vasodilation may help to refine risk assessment in obese individuals.
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Joint scientific statement of the European Association for the Study of Obesity and the European Society of Hypertension
Jens Jordan et al. · Journal of Hypertension · 2015
DOI 10.1097/hjh.0000000000000473
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