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Submitted on June 30, 2008
Revised on July 24, 2008

Visceral Obesity. The Link Among Inflammation, Hypertension, and Cardiovascular Disease

Patrick Mathieu^*; Paul Poirier; Philippe Pibarot; Isabelle Lemieux; and Jean-Pierre Després

From the Department of Surgery (P.M.), Division of Kinesiology, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (I.L., J.-P.D.), Department of Medicine (P. Pibarot) and Faculty of Pharmacy (P. Poirier), Laval Hospital Research Center/Quebec Heart Institute, Laval University, Quebec, Canada.

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: patrick.mathieu{at}chg.ulaval.ca.

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