Association of cardiorespiratory fitness and adiposity with inflammatory biomarkers in young adults

ConclusionsAlthough adiposity has a stronger association than fitness with CRP and IL‐6, higher levels of fitness could be essential for maintaining low levels of IL‐6, especially in the presence of high levels of central adiposity.

Source: American Journal of Human Biology - January 16, 2017 Category: Biology Authors: Eunduck Park, Janet C. Meininger, Duck ‐Hee Kang, Kelley Pettee Gabriel, Nikhil S. Padhye Tags: Original Research Article Source Type: research