作者
Mahdieh Abbasalizad Farhangi, Seyyed-Ali Keshavarz, Mohammadreza Eshraghian, Alireza Ostadrahimi, Ali-Akbar Saboor-Yaraghi
发表日期
2013/3
期刊
Journal of health, population, and nutrition
卷号
31
期号
1
页码范围
58
出版商
BMC
简介
The role of white blood cell (WBC) count in pathogenesis of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and obesity-related disorders has been reported earlier. Recent studies revealed that higher WBC contributes to atherosclerotic progression and impaired fasting glucose. However, it is unknown whether variations in WBC and haematologic profiles can occur in healthy obese individuals. The aim of this study is to further evaluate the influence of obesity on WBC count, inflammatory biomarkers, and metabolic risk factors in healthy women to establish a relationship among variables analyzed. The sample of the present study consisted of 84 healthy women with mean age of 35.56±6.83 years. They were categorized into two groups based on their body mass index (BMI): obese group with BMI> 30 kg/m 2 and non-obese group with BMI< 30 kg/m 2. We evaluated the relationship between WBC and platelet count (PLT) with …
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