Impact of Abdominal Obesity on Proximal and Distal Aorta Wall Thickness in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study.

Fawaz MzayekLisa E WangGeorge RelyeaXinhua YuJames G TerryJeffrey CarrGregory W HundleyMichael E HallAdolfo Correa

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2019)

Abdominal obesity measures are associated with increased proximal aIMT in adult African Americans. Only WC is associated with wall thickness in all three segments of the aorta.

Keyphrases

insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
aortic valve
type diabetes
high fat diet induced
optical coherence tomography
pulmonary artery
weight gain
heart failure
minimally invasive
atrial fibrillation
adipose tissue
coronary artery
aortic dissection
childhood cancer