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. 2012 Nov 24;2(4):314–327. doi: 10.1159/000343803

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Mechanisms by which obesity promotes the cardiorenal metabolic syndrome. The scheme shows the complex environmental, behavioral, hormonal, and genetic interactions which help modify an individual's body weight, and further shows the effects of the resultant dysfunctional adipose tissue and low-grade inflammation on the structure and function of different organ systems.