Obesity Complications
Body mass index contributes to both baseline and weight loss white blood cell count
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, May 8th, 2006
"Obesity is a chronic inflammatory condition, and elevated white blood cell counts (WBC) have widely recognized associations with inflammatory conditions. The authors explored the relationship between the WBC and degree of obesity, basic anthropometry, and clinical and biochemical markers of the metabolic syndrome at baseline, and with weight loss following Lap-Band surgery," scientists in Australia report.
J.B. Dixon and P.E. O'Brien at Monash Medical School explained, "477 patients with complete biochemical and clinical data at baseline and at 2 years were selected...
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