Relationship between serum osteocalcin level and carotid intima-media thickness in a metabolically healthy Chinese population

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Luo, Yuqi ; Ma, Xiaojing ; Hao, Yaping ; Xiong, Qin ; Xu, Yiting ; Pan, Xiaoping ; Bao, Yuqian ; Jia, Weiping

关键词: Osteocalcin;    Carotid intima-media thickness;    Metabolically healthy;    Atherosclerosis;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12933-015-0245-9

学科分类：内分泌与代谢学

【 摘 要 】

Background: The relationship between osteocalcin and atherosclerosis remains unclear. This might be due to different degrees of confounding from factors that are associated with serum osteocalcin level, such as metabolic-related variables. This study aime