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Cardiovascular Disease
Fitness level and C-reactive protein are inversely related in obese women
May 26th, 2005
Recent study data revealed that increased fitness levels lowers the levels of C-reactive protein - a protein marker of inflammation - in obese women. More than 200 obese women participated in the study over a 3-month period at the Rippe Lifestyle Institute at Florida Hospital Celebration Health in Orlando, Florida. James Rippe, MD, a cardiologist and author of Heart Disease for Dummies, said the findings showed that the higher the physical activity, the lower the level of inflammation measured by high sensitivity CRP in obese women. In recent years, an increasing amount of attention has been focused on CRP, a protein marker of inflammation...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-05-26)
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