Obesity is an independent determinant of elevated C-reactive protein in healthy women but not men-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Obesity is an independent determinant of elevated C-reactive protein in healthy women but not men

Published:2018-08-23 Issue:1 Volume:24 Page:64-69
ISSN:1354-750X
Container-title:Biomarkers
language:en
Short-container-title:Biomarkers

Author:

Bi Xinyan¹²,Loo Yi Ting¹²,Ponnalagu Shalini¹²,Henry Christiani Jeyakumar¹²³

Affiliation:

1. Clinical Nutrition Research Centre (CNRC), Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore;

2. National University Health System, Centre for Translational Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore;

3. Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Funder

Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, A*Star

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Subject

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Clinical Biochemistry,Biochemistry

Link

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/1354750X.2018.1501763

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1. C-Reactive protein levels among women of various ethnic groups living in the United States (from the Women's Health Study)

2. Obesity is the major determinant of elevated C-reactive protein in subjects with the metabolic syndrome