Systemic Inflammation and Lung Function Impairment in Morbidly Obese Subjects with the Metabolic Syndrome

• Main Authors: Astrid van Huisstede (Author), Manuel Castro Cabezas (Author), Erwin Birnie (Author), Gert-Jan M. van de Geijn (Author), Arjan Rudolphus (Author), Guido Mannaerts (Author), Tjin L. Njo (Author), Pieter S. Hiemstra (Author), Gert-Jan Braunstahl (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Obesity and asthma are associated. There is a relationship between lung function impairment and the metabolic syndrome. Whether this relationship also exists in the morbidly obese patients is still unknown. Hypothesis. Low-grade systemic inflammation associated with the metabolic syndrom...