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Association of parental obesity with concentrations of select systemic biomarkers in nonobese offspring: the Framingham Heart Study.
Diabetes - 1 Jan 2009
Lieb Wolfgang, Pencina Michael J, Lanier Katherine J, Tofler Geoffrey H, Levy Daniel, Fox Caroline S, Wang Thomas J, D'Agostino Ralph B, Vasan Ramachandran S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Parental obesity is a risk factor for offspring obesity. It is unclear whether parental obesity also confers risk for obesity-associated conditions (e.g., a proinflammatory or prothrombotic state) in the absence of offspring obesity. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We compared concentrations of multiple biomarkers representing distinct biological pathways (C-reactive protein [CRP], aldosterone, renin,...
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