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J. Jeffery Carr

Researcher at Wake Forest University

Publications -  27
Citations -  2567

J. Jeffery Carr is an academic researcher from Wake Forest University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Framingham Risk Score & Single-nucleotide polymorphism. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 27 publications receiving 2228 citations. Previous affiliations of J. Jeffery Carr include East Carolina University & Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

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Impact of Abdominal Visceral and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: The Jackson Heart Study

TL;DR: The results from this study suggest that relations with cardiometabolic risk factors are consistent with a pathogenic role of abdominal adiposity in participants of African ancestry.
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Pericardial Adipose Tissue, Atherosclerosis, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: The Jackson Heart Study

TL;DR: The results suggest that PAT is an important VAT depot that may exert a local effect on the coronary vasculature and is significantly correlated with most cardiometabolic risk factors and CAC in the JHS cohort.