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Inhibition of microsomal triglyceride transfer protein alone or with ezetimibe in patients with moderate hypercholesterolemia.

Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med 2008;5:497-505

Adaptation and maladaptation of the heart in obesity.

Hypertension 2008;52:181-7

Statin therapy alters the relationship between apolipoprotein B and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol targets in high-risk patients: the MERCURY II trial.

J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;52:626-32

Weight loss with a low-carbohydrate, Mediterranean, or low-fat diet.

N Engl J Med 2008;359:229-41

Schematic representation of how smoking might add to several mechanisms linking obesity to cardiovascular disease

Childhood levels of serum apolipoproteins B and A-I predict carotid intima-media thickness and brachial endothelial function in adulthood: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008;52:293-9

L-4F treatment reduces adiposity, increases adiponectin levels, and improves insulin sensitivity in obese mice.

J Lipid Res 2008;49:1658-69

Relationship of abdominal visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue with lipoprotein particle number and size in type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes 2008;57:2022-7

Association between circulating oxidised low-density lipoprotein and fibrocalcific remodelling of the aortic valve in aortic stenosis.

Heart 2008;94:1175-80

Weight loss strategies associated with BMI in overweight adults with type 2 diabetes at entry into the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) trial.

Diabetes Care 2008;31:1299-304

Adipose tissue lipolysis is upregulated in lean and obese men during acute resistance exercise.

Diabetes Care 2008;31:1397-9

Insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia: you can't have one without the other.

Diabetes Care 2008;31:1433-8