Associations of the Inflammatory Marker YKL-40 with Measures of Obesity and Dyslipidaemia in Individuals at High Risk of Type 2 Diabetes.

Circulating levels of the inflammatory marker YKL-40 are elevated in cardiovascular disease and obesity-related type 2 diabetes (T2D), and serum YKL-40 levels are related to elements of dyslipidaemia.We aimed to investigate the associations between serum YKL-40 and obesity-related traits in a Danish...

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Main Authors: Stine B Thomsen, Anette P Gjesing, Camilla N Rathcke, Claus T Ekstrøm, Hans Eiberg, Torben Hansen, Oluf Pedersen, Henrik Vestergaard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4510434?pdf=render