Increased central adiposity may not underlie the marked elevation of IL-6 in Diabetes Mellitus patients in South-West Nigeria
Background: Chronic inflammation is linked to disorders of obesity, insulin resistance and DM2. This reflects as increase in proinflammatory cytokines including IL-6. In Nigeria, there is no study that has measured IL-6 in diabetics, in spite of having the highest number of diabetics in Africa....
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West African College of Physicians and the West African College of Surgeons
2014
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| Online Access: | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/3765/1/WAJM%2033%282%29%202014%20Increased%20Central%20Adiposity%20may%20not%20Underlie%20the%20Marked%20Elevation%20of%20IL-6%20in%20Diabetes%20.pdf |