ea0011p408 | Diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | ECE2006
Koziolek M
, Krzyzanowska-Swiniarska B
, Robaczyk M
, Szczerkowska A
, Kempa A
, Kulig G
, Andrysiak-Mamos E
, Pilarska K
Obesity is considered as a state of chronic, systemic low-grade inflammation. Likely causes include infectious factors, leptin, cigarette smoking, low serum HDL-cholesterol and high serum triglycerides. No definitive confirmation on the causative factor is available so far.The aim of the study was to evaluate serum levels of C-reactive protein (hs-CRP, sensitivity 0,085 ng/L), IL-6, IL-10, TNF-α and its soluble type 2 receptor (sTNF-αR-2) in vi...