The association between the metabolic syndrome and peripheral, but not coronary, artery disease is partly mediated by endothelial dysfunction: the CODAM study.
Jacobs
Marjon
M
Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, The Netherlands. marjon.jacobs@intmed.unimaas.nl
van Greevenbroek
Marleen M J
MM
van der Kallen
Carla J H
CJ
Ferreira
Isabel
I
Blaak
Ellen E
EE
Feskens
Edith J M
EJ
Jansen
Eugène H J M
EH
Schalkwijk
Casper G
CG
Stehouwer
Coen D A
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