BACKGROUND/ OBJECTIVES: Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), body weight modification, and rate of weight increase over 10 years were evaluated in relation to high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) to assess the association of cross-sectional or longitudinal estimates of obesity/overweight with levels of circulating CRP, a well established and standardized marker of low-grade inflammation, in relation to cardiovascular risk. SUBJECTS: This study included a subgroup of 390 menopausal women participating in a large currently ongoing epidemiological study (Progetto Atena; N=5062). RESULTS: At the final visit, women in the third tertile of BMI, compared with those in the first tertile, showed the following odds ratio (OR) of having high hs-CRP values: III vs I tertile OR, 3.55; 95% confidence interval, 1.94-6.49, P<0.001, adjusted for age, and metabolic syndrome. Similar results were obtained when we evaluated women in the third tertile of WC, or those in the highest group of estimated weight increase, relative to their weight at age 20 years or in the group of highest rate of weight increase over 10 years of observation (weight at the final visit-weight at the baseline visit divided by time in months between visits). CONCLUSIONS: The independent relations between different markers of overweight/obesity and elevated hs-CRP consistently indicate that high (above 1.5 mg l(-1), median) hs-CRP is a major biochemical counterpart of cross-sectional or longitudinal estimates of increased adipose tissue mass.
BACKGROUND/ OBJECTIVES: Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), body weight modification, and rate of weight increase over 10 years were evaluated in relation to high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) to assess the association of cross-sectional or longitudinal estimates of obesity/overweight with levels of circulating CRP, a well established and standardized marker of low-grade inflammation, in relation to cardiovascular risk. SUBJECTS: This study included a subgroup of 390 menopausal women participating in a large currently ongoing epidemiological study (Progetto Atena; N=5062). RESULTS: At the final visit, women in the third tertile of BMI, compared with those in the first tertile, showed the following odds ratio (OR) of having high hs-CRP values: III vs I tertile OR, 3.55; 95% confidence interval, 1.94-6.49, P<0.001, adjusted for age, and metabolic syndrome. Similar results were obtained when we evaluated women in the third tertile of WC, or those in the highest group of estimated weight increase, relative to their weight at age 20 years or in the group of highest rate of weight increase over 10 years of observation (weight at the final visit-weight at the baseline visit divided by time in months between visits). CONCLUSIONS: The independent relations between different markers of overweight/obesity and elevated hs-CRP consistently indicate that high (above 1.5 mg l(-1), median) hs-CRP is a major biochemical counterpart of cross-sectional or longitudinal estimates of increased adipose tissue mass.
Authors: Jan Kretzschmar; Dianne M Babbitt; Keith M Diaz; Deborah L Feairheller; Kathleen M Sturgeon; Amanda M Perkins-Ball; Sheara T Williamson; Chenyi Ling; Heather Grimm; Michael D Brown Journal: Ethn Dis Date: 2017-07-20 Impact factor: 1.847
Authors: Anna C Rivara; Margaret Corley; Courtney C Choy; Rachel L Duckham; Alysa Pomer; Muagututia Sefuiva Reupena; Satupaitea Viali; Take Naseri; Erin E Kershaw; Scott E Crouter; Stephen T McGarvey; Richard G Bribiescas; Claudia Valeggia; Nicola L Hawley Journal: Am J Hum Biol Date: 2021-07-14 Impact factor: 1.937
Authors: Luzia Valentini; Sara Ramminger; Verena Haas; Elisa Postrach; Martina Werich; André Fischer; Michael Koller; Alexander Swidsinski; Stefan Bereswill; Herbert Lochs; Jörg-Dieter Schulzke Journal: Physiol Rep Date: 2014-04-22