Increment of body mass index is positively correlated with worsening of endothelium-dependent and independent changes in forearm blood flow

Obesity is associated with the impairment of endothelial function leading to the initiation of the atherosclerotic process. We have hypothesized that an increasing impairment of endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cell functions occurs from lean subjects to severe obese ones. Thus, the present st...

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Main Authors: Luiz Guilherme Kraemer-Aguiar, Marcos Lopes De Miranda, Daniel Alexandre Bottino, Ronald Albuquerque Lima, Maria das Graças Coelho Souza, Michelle Moura Balarini, Nivaldo Ribeiro Villela, Eliete eBouskela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2015.00223/full