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From: Gender-modulated risk of coronary heart disease, diabetes and coronary mortality among Turks for three major risk factors, and residual adiposity risk

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Depicts percentages of excess risks of obesity in men and women for incident coronary heart disease (CHD), type-2 diabetes and overall mortality. CHD risk is indicated separately also for overweight. It is evident that obesity in females, as distinct from males, retains substantially greater risk for CHD mortality and CHD, unmediated by the studied 3 traditional risk factors

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BMC Endocrine Disorders

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