Associations of obesity and body shape with erythrocyte and reticulocyte parameters in the UK Biobank cohort

Abstract Background Obesity is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic low-grade inflammation. Although chronic inflammatory conditions and diabetes are associated with anaemia, less is known about associations of obesity and body shape, independent of each other, with erythrocyte and r...

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Main Authors: Sofia Christakoudi, Konstantinos K. Tsilidis, Evangelos Evangelou, Elio Riboli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-08-01
Series:BMC Endocrine Disorders
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-023-01423-1