European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 280-288 , May 2009

Survey of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Overweight and Obese Patients (SCOOP Study) Six-month changes in risk factor levels and cardiovascular risk

  • Ido Iori

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Azienda Ospedaliera ASMN, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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  • Giuseppe Fatati

      Affiliations

    • Unità di Diabetologia, Dietetica e Nutrizione Clinica, Ospedale S Maria, Terni, Italy
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  • Maria Antonia Fusco

      Affiliations

    • Divisione di Dietetica e Nutrizione Clinica, Ospedale S Camillo-Forlanini, Roma, Italy
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  • Francesco Leonardi

      Affiliations

    • Divisione di Dietetica e Nutrizione Clinica, Ospedale Cannizzaro, Catania, Italy
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  • Giovanni Matthieu

      Affiliations

    • President FADOI, Medicina Interna, Ospedale E Agnelli, Pinerolo (Torino), Italy
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  • Giovanni Scanelli

      Affiliations

    • Medicina Interna, Azienda Ospedaliera Arcispedale S Anna, Ferrara, Italy
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  • Mariapaola Lanti

      Affiliations

    • Associazione per la Ricerca Cardiologica, Roma, Italy
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  • Alessandro Menotti

      Affiliations

    • Associazione per la Ricerca Cardiologica, Roma, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Via Latina 49, 00179 Rome, Italy. Tel./fax: +39 06 77591715.

Received 10 January 2008 ,Revised 23 September 2008 ,Accepted 8 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2008.10.001

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 280-288 , May 2009

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