Atherosclerosis
Volume 213, Issue 1 , Pages 273-278 , November 2010

General and abdominal obesity and abdominal visceral fat accumulation associated with coronary artery calcification in Korean men

  • Su-Yeon Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine and Healthcare Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center, 39th FL Gangnam Finance Center, 737 Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-984, Republic of Korea
    • These two authors contributed equally to this study.
    • ,
  • Donghee Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine and Healthcare Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center, 39th FL Gangnam Finance Center, 737 Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-984, Republic of Korea
    • These two authors contributed equally to this study.
    • ,
  • Byung-Hee Oh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehangno, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 2 2072 3345; fax: +82 2 744 2819.
    • ,
  • Minkyung Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine and Healthcare Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center, 39th FL Gangnam Finance Center, 737 Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-984, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Hyo Eun Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine and Healthcare Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center, 39th FL Gangnam Finance Center, 737 Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-984, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Chang-Hyun Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Healthcare Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Sang-Heon Cho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine and Healthcare Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center, 39th FL Gangnam Finance Center, 737 Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-984, Republic of Korea

Received 9 April 2010 ,Revised 25 July 2010 ,Accepted 26 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.07.052

Atherosclerosis
Volume 213, Issue 1 , Pages 273-278 , November 2010

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