Items for "waist-to-hip ratio"

C-Reactive protein and neopterin levels in healthy non-obese adults

Background: Obesity and increased waist-to-hip ratio, emphasizing the importance of truncal obesity, have been found to correlate positively with increased cardiovascular disease risk and mortality...

Keywords: atherosclerosis, Body mass index, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, inflammation, neopterin, waist-to-hip ratio