The implication of obesity and central fat on markers of chronic inflammation: The ATTICA study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 308-315

  Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a,c   Pitsavos, Christos ^b   Yannakoulia, Mary ^a   Chrysohoou, Christina ^b   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Central fat; Chronic inflammation; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GREECE; HIP; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 27644459844     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2005.03.010     Document Type: Article

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