Correlates of Adverse Outcomes in Abdominally Obese Individuals: Findings from the Five-Year Followup of the Population-Based Study of Health in Pomerania

• Main Authors: Nele Friedrich (Author), Harald J. Schneider (Author), Ulrich John (Author), Marcus Dörr (Author), Sebastian E. Baumeister (Author), Georg Homuth (Author), Uwe Völker (Author), Henri Wallaschofski (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Abdominal obesity is a major risk factor of cardiovascular disease (CVD), type 2 diabetes (T2DM), and premature death. However, it has not been resolved which factors predispose for the development of these adverse obesity-related outcomes in otherwise healthy individuals with abdominal...