Biochemical Assessment: Findings from 20 Years of the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study.

Investigation of each inflammatory factors in the three groups of normal, abdominal or general obesity, and abdominal and general obesity groups revealed an increasing trend for hs-CRP and IL-6; hence after adjustment for age and sex in the linear regression analysis, an increase about 0.37 ng/mL (CI 95%: 0.24 - 0.48, P = 2.2 × 10 -10 ) in the hs-CRP levels and 0.21 pg/mL (CI 95%: 0.10 - 0.33, P = 16 × 10 -5 ) in the IL-6 levels was observed in the normal weight group compared to subjects with both general and abdominal obesity ( Table 1 ).

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