Obesity, systemic inflammation, and increased risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes among adolescents: a need for screening tools to target interventions

MD DeBoer - Nutrition, 2013 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus have their roots in childhood,
particularly in obese children and adolescents, raising important opportunities for early …

Obesity and low‐grade inflammation: a paediatric perspective

CS Tam, K Clement, LA Baur, J Tordjman - Obesity Reviews, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Childhood obesity is a major public health problem. Low‐grade inflammation, a hallmark
characterizing adult obesity, may be a pivotal mechanism linking obesity to its numerous …

Glycoprotein acetyls: a novel inflammatory biomarker of early cardiovascular risk in the young

ST Chiesa, M Charakida, G Georgiopoulos… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Low‐grade inflammation in the young may contribute to the early development
of cardiovascular disease. We assessed whether circulating levels of glycoprotein acetyls …

Infection, inflammation, height, and longevity

EM Crimmins, CE Finch - Proceedings of the National …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
Using historical data from cohorts born before the 20th century in four northern European
countries, we show that increasing longevity and declining mortality in the elderly occurred …

The metabolic syndrome and concentrations of C-reactive protein among US youth

ES Ford, UA Ajani, AH Mokdad - Diabetes care, 2005 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE—Adults with the metabolic syndrome show biochemical evidence of low-grade
inflammation. We sought to examine whether this is true among US youth with the metabolic …

Acute phase protein and cytokine levels in serum and saliva: a comparison of detectable levels and correlations in a depressed and healthy adolescent sample

ML Byrne, NM O'Brien-Simpson, EC Reynolds… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Recent research has examined associations between inflammation and mental health, and
has increasingly focused on utilising younger samples to characterise the temporal …

Inflammation and cachexia in chronic kidney disease

WW Cheung, KH Paik, RH Mak - Pediatric nephrology, 2010 - Springer
Chronic inflammation is associated with cachexia and increased mortality risk in patients
with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Inflammation …

Low-grade inflammation, obesity, and insulin resistance in adolescents

C Herder, S Schneitler, W Rathmann… - The Journal of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Context: Low-grade inflammation is associated with insulin resistance and precedes the
onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults, but there are no comparable data in youth …

Metabolic syndrome in pediatrics: old concepts revised, new concepts discussed

E D'Adamo, N Santoro, S Caprio - … and Metabolism Clinics, 2009 - endo.theclinics.com
The worldwide epidemic of childhood obesity in the last decades is responsible for the
occurrence in pediatrics of disorders once mainly found in adults, such as the metabolic …

Perceived discrimination and markers of cardiovascular risk among low‐income A frican A merican youth

BJ Goosby, S Malone, EA Richardson… - American Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Our study examines the relationship between perceived discrimination and levels
of C‐reactive protein and blood pressure in low‐income youth ages 10− 15 years old …