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

• Main Authors: Maria Adam Nyangasa (Author), Christoph Buck (Author), Soerge Kelm (Author), Mohammed Ali Sheikh (Author), Kathrin Günther (Author), Antje Hebestreit (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...