Abstract
Overweight is an inflammatory disease, and today's overweight university students will be
tomorrow's overweight employees and parents; however, few studies have focused on the link
between overweight and inflammation in university students. We hypothesized that students at
higher body mass index (BMI) and percent body fat (BF%) would have higher blood concentrations
of lipids and inflammatory biomarkers. A cross-sectional study including 110 university students
was conducted at Texas Tech University. Overweight was determined by BMI using measured
height and weight, and BF% was determined using bioelectric impedance analysis. Serum
triglyceride and cholesterol concentrations were measured using enzymatic methods. Plasma
concentrations of leptin, adiponectin, C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis
factor α were measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Our results showed that
higher BMI was associated with increased blood concentrations of CRP, leptin, a
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 586-593 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Nutrition Research |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2011 |
Keywords
- Adiponectin
- Body mass index
- C-reactive protein
- Inflammation
- Leptin
- Obesity
- Overweight
- Percent body fat
- University students