Thesis Gijs Goossens
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The renin-angiotensin system in obesity
metabolic and hemodynamic effects
Abdominal obesity plays a central role in the metabolic syndrome and is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. Unravelling the underlying mechanisms of obesity and obesity-related metabolic and hemodynamic disorders, such as insulin resistance and hypertension, may increase the rationale for dietary and/or pharmacological strategies to prevent or treat type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Gijs Goossens, June 28th 2006