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ArticleBiomedicines2025

Obesity, but Not Overweight, Is Associated with Increased Presepsin Levels in Infection-Free Individuals: An Exploratory Study.

Theocharis Koufakis, Dimitrios Kouroupis, Georgios Dimakopoulos, Theofylaktos Georgiadis, Areti Kourti, Panagiotis Doukelis, Ioanna Zografou, Dimitrios Patoulias, Djordje S Popovic, Athina Pyrpasopoulou and 6 more

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Article in Biomedicines, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Theocharis KoufakisSecond Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5853-1352
Dimitrios KouroupisSecond Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0009-0005-7732-709X
Georgios DimakopoulosBIOSTATS, Epirus Science and Technology Park Campus, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2351-7411
Theofylaktos GeorgiadisNational Primary Health Care Network, 61200 Polykastron, Greece.
Areti KourtiLaboratory of Biochemistry, AHEPA University Hospital, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0009-0007-4844-2712
Panagiotis DoukelisSecond Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Ioanna ZografouSecond Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dimitrios PatouliasSecond Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6899-684X
Djordje S PopovicClinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Clinical Centre of Vojvodina, Medical Faculty, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.
Athina PyrpasopoulouSecond Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6906-2504
Luca BusettoDepartment of Medicine, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4883-8980
Alexander KokkinosFirst Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine and Diabetes Center, Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Vasilios TsimihodimosDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45500 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1708-3415
Kalliopi KotsaDivision of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Diabetes Center, First Department of Internal Medicine, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2376-740X
Michael DoumasSecond Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Kali MakedouLaboratory of Biochemistry, AHEPA University Hospital, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2718-7480

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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biomarkerinflammationobesityoverweightpresepsin

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PMID40149676
PMCPMC11939917

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