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Metabolic Syndrome in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Association with Genetic Markers of Obesity and Inflammation.
Metabolic syndrome and related disorders - 1 Feb 2020
Dragasevic Sanja, Stankovic Biljana, Kotur Nikola, Sokic-Milutinovic Aleksandra, Milovanovic Tamara, Lukic Snezana, Milosavljevic Tomica, Srzentic Drazilov Sanja, Klaassen Kristel, Pavlovic Sonja, Popovic Dragan
Abstract excerpt
Background: This study analyzed poorly understood relationship of two overlapping conditions: metabolic syndrome (MeS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), both associated with inflammation in the visceral adipose tissue. Methods: Newly diagnosed 104 IBD patients, of which 50 Crohn's disease (CD) and 54 ulcerative colitis (UC), and 45 non-IBD controls were examined for MeS-related obesity and lipid markers....
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