Obesity, physical fitness, and inflammatory markers in Polish children

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 493-500

  Sobieska, Magdalena ^a   Gajewska, Ewa ^a   Kalmus, Grazyna ^b   Samborski, Włodzimierz ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b Dr Markiewicz Children's Hospital No 3   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Inflammation; Obesity; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INTERLEUKIN 6; OROSOMUCOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENDER; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERFORMANCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POLAND; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84879674288     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.883959     Document Type: Article

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