Ma M Ramírez Alvarado, C Sánchez Roitz
UNLABELLED: In many studies the Body Mass Index (BMI) is associated with serum markers of inflammation such as CRP. In obesity there is an increase of adipose tissue resulting in an increase in BMI. It has been reported that adipose tissue has a high production and secretion of a variety of proinflammatory molecules such as tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6, interleukin-8 and C-reactive protein, which may have local effects on the physiology of fat cell and systemic effects on other organs...
2012: Nutrición Hospitalaria: Organo Oficial de la Sociedad Española de Nutrición Parenteral y Enteral