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Efficacy of red cell distribution width and plateletcrit as predictors of subclinical inflammation in obesity

Fatih Kuzu, Ismail Ertugrul.




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Aim: The present study aimed to investigate the relationship of the hematological predictors of inflammation in complete blood count with body mass index (BMI) and homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) values.
Material and Methods: The study included 354 subjects, who were admitted to the endocrinology outpatient clinic between January 2016 and March 2018. According to their BMI values, the subjects were divided into five groups as class III obesity, class II obesity, class I obesity, overweight, and normoweight. In addition, the subjects were divided into two groups as HOMA-IR

Key words: Obesity; homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance; subclinical inflammation; red cell distribution width; plateletcrit.






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