CMR Short Reviews
- The Concept of CMR
  Historical background on global cardiometabolic risk, epidemiological aspects of obesity and type 2 diabetes, ABCs of cardiovascular disease risk factors, intra-abdominal adiposity, metabolic syndrome and contribution to cardiometabolic risk.
- Evaluating CMR
  Research and clinical tools to identify individuals with excess intra-abdominal adiposity and quantify their risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (global cardiometabolic risk).
- Managing CMR
  Notions and practical tools to better manage the abdominally obese patient with excess intra-abdominal adiposity and related clustering abnormalities.
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February 13, 2009: Your own work has focused on the cytokine IL-6. How important is adipose tissue in the production/effect of that cytokine in abdominal obesity? Is this cytokine atherogenic and diabetogenic?; By Ulf Smith, MD, PhD, Professor of Internal Medicine, The Lundberg Laboratory for Diabetes Research, Center of Excellence for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden [1:15 min.] [3MB]

See all Expert Opinions of Ulf Smith, MD, PhD, Professor of Internal Medicine, The Lundberg Laboratory for Diabetes Research, Center of Excellence for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden

Key Words
Adipose Tissue, Inflammation, Insulin Resistance

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