Cardiovascular Risk Factors
C-reactive protein and neopterin levels may indicate cardiovascular risk in overweight
Published in Cardiovascular Week, May 15th, 2006
"Obesity and increased waist-to-hip ratio, emphasizing the importance of truncal obesity, have been found to correlate positively with increased cardiovascular disease risk and mortality. Owing to the inflammatory nature of atherosclerosis, the aim of our study was to find possible correlations between body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio, and the inflammatory markers C-reactive protein (CRP) and neopterin in healthy lean and overweight adults," investigators in Turkey report.
In the present study, A.E. Bozdemir and colleagues...
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