International journal of obesity : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity
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We investigated whether anthropometric measurements or metabolic risk factors correlated more with vascular changes associated with obesity. ⋯ These results demonstrated that in 'healthy individuals', anthropometric parameters and metabolic risk factors correlated with each other, but anthropometric parameters were the only significant correlates of carotid IMT. A waist/height ratio > or =0.5 predicts both early vascular and metabolic changes. These data support a risk factor independent vasculotrophic effect of obesity.