Weight loss reduces C-reactive protein levels in obese postmenopausal women

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 564-569

  Tchernof, André ^a   Nolan, Amy ^a   Sites, Cynthia K ^a   Ades, Philip A ^a   Poehlman, Eric T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Inflammation; Obesity; Risk factors; Women

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DIET, REDUCING; ENERGY INTAKE; ESTRADIOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIGLYCERIDES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0037022237     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc0502.103331     Document Type: Article

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