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Combined Oral Contraception and Obesity Are Strong Predictors of Low-Grade Inflammation in Healthy Individuals: Results from the Danish Blood Donor Study (DBDS)

BACKGROUND: C-reactive protein (CRP) is a well-established marker of inflammation. The level of CRP is affected by several lifestyle factors. A slightly increased CRP level, also known as low-grade inflammation (LGI), is associated with increased risk of several diseases, especially cardiovascular d...

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Autores principales: Sørensen, Cecilie J., Pedersen, Ole B., Petersen, Mikkel S., Sørensen, Erik, Kotzé, Sebastian, Thørner, Lise W., Hjalgrim, Henrik, Rigas, Andreas S., Møller, Bjarne, Rostgaard, Klaus, Riiskjær, Mads, Ullum, Henrik, Erikstrup, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3916399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24516611
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088196