Heavier BMI is associated with higher IL-6 and C-reactive protein but not increased mortality

T. Harris; M. Visser; L. Ferrucci; H. Resnick; R. Tracy; R. Wallace

Heavier BMI is associated with higher IL-6 and C-reactive protein but not increased mortality

T. Harris, M. Visser, L. Ferrucci, H. Resnick, R. Tracy, R. Wallace

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Abstract

Heavier BMI has been associated with higher C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation. We investigated CRP and its primary regulatory cytokine, IL6, in relation to BMI fertile and mortality using data from the Iowa 65+ Rural Health Study on 485 healthy men and women who never smoked cigarettes (mean age=77.8, follow up=4.6 years). Heavier BMI was strongly associated with higher log-transformed plasma IL-6 (pg/ml) and CRP (mg/L) in age-adjusted models. (*P

Original language	English (US)
Journal	FASEB Journal
Volume	12
Issue number	5
State	Published - Mar 20 1998
Externally published	Yes

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Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Biochemistry
Cell Biology

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