Adipokine apelin activity in patients with essential hypertension and central obesity
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2014-06
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Demydenko, Ganna
Kovalyova, Olga
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Abstract
Obesity has been consistently associated with hypertension and increased cardiovascular risk.
BMI as a measure of obesity is a good predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, cardiovascular mortality seems to be better predicted by abdominal or central obesity in addition to BMI.
Aim of the study: to investigate apelin’s activity in patients with essential hypertension with obesity according to the type of obesity.
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essential hypertension, apelin
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Demydenko G. Adipokine apelin activity in patients with essential hypertension and central obesity / G. Demydenko, O. Kovalyova // Journal of Hypertension. – 2014. – № 32. – P. 324.