Obesity and Diabetes
Research from D.J. Kim and co-authors reveals new findings on obesity and diabetes
Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 3rd, 2008
According to recent research from Seoul, South Korea, "Although many studies have reported an association between total white blood cell count and metabolic syndrome, relatively few reports are available on the association between differential white blood cell counts and metabolic syndrome. The medical records of 15,654 subjects (age, median 46, range 14-90 yr; 8,380 men and 7,274 women) who visited the Center for Health Promotion were investigated."
"It was found that as total white blood cell (WBC) and differential WBC counts increased the frequencies of diabetes, hypertension, obesity, dyslipidemia, and metabolic syndrome also increased. Moreover, these significant...
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