RELATIONSHIP OF ADIPOSITY TO SERUM CHOLESTEROL AND LIPOPROTEIN LEVELS AND THEIR MODIFICATION BY DIETARY MEANS
Authors: Weldon J. Walker
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Article1 October 1953RELATIONSHIP OF ADIPOSITY TO SERUM CHOLESTEROL AND LIPOPROTEIN LEVELS AND THEIR MODIFICATION BY DIETARY MEANSWELDON J. WALKERWELDON J. WALKERAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-39-4-705 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAtherosclerosis is now the leading single cause of death in the United States.1In a study of 1,250 consecutive necropsies on individuals dying after 35 years of age, Wilens2found the incidence of general atherosclerosis directly proportional to the amount of adipose tissue deposited throughout the body. In each decade the obese had the highest incidence of severe atherosclerosis and the poorly nourished the lowest. The patients with average nutrition had less severe atherosclerosis than the obese, but more than the poorly nourished. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Presented at the Thirty-Fourth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 14, 1953.This study was conducted while the author was working in Dr. Samuel A. Levine's department at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. 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