Systemic Inflammation Across Metabolic Obesity Phenotypes: A Cross-Sectional Study of Korean Adults Using High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein as a Biomarker.

ABSTRACT: Chronic systemic inflammation is a hallmark of obesity. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the association between metabolic obesity phenotypes and inflammatory markers in Korean adults (N = 21,112; mean age: 50.9 ± 16.6). Metabolic obesity phenotypes were categorized into metabolically healthy non-obesity (MHNO), metabolically unhealthy non-obesity (MUNO), metabolically healthy obesity (MHO), and metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO) based on body mass index and the presence of any metabolic abnormalities. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels were measured. Multiple linear regression was used to determine the association between obesity phenotypes and hs-CRP levels. In the male sample, compared to the MHNO type, the MUNO, MHO, and MUO types were associat

SUBMITTER: Baek SU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11547168 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature