The association between leptin and inflammatory markers with obesity indices in Zanzibari children, adolescents, and adults

• Principais autores: Maria Adam Nyangasa (Autor), Christoph Buck (Autor), Soerge Kelm (Autor), Mohammed Ali Sheikh (Autor), Kathrin Günther (Autor), Antje Hebestreit (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Wiley, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Research from Western populations describes abdominal obesity as a low‐grade inflammatory disease; less is known from tropical areas with high pathogen burden. Objectives This cross‐sectional study investigated whether obesity contributes to low‐grade inflammation in 587 individu...