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Obesity-Related Inflammatory Biomarkers in the Elderly Population.

Georgia Vamvakou, Nikolaos Theodorakis, Dimitris Anagnostou, Magdalini Kreouzi, Loukianos S Rallidis, Vasiliki Katsi, Effie Simou, Stefanos Archontakis, George Skalis, Christos Hitas and 2 more

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Review in Cells, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Georgia VamvakouDepartment of Cardiology, Amalia Flemig General Hospital, 15127 Melissia, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8653-0528
Nikolaos TheodorakisDepartment of Cardiology, Amalia Flemig General Hospital, 15127 Melissia, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0420-7327
Dimitris AnagnostouDepartment of Cardiology, Amalia Flemig General Hospital, 15127 Melissia, Greece.ORCID 0009-0007-2030-5265
Magdalini KreouziDepartment of Internal Medicine, Amalia Flemig General Hospital, 15127 Melissia, Greece.
Loukianos S RallidisDepartment of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon University General Hospital, 12462 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7349-0309
Vasiliki Katsi1st Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Effie SimouDepartment of Public Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of West Attica, 11521 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0676-7400
Stefanos Archontakis1st Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
George SkalisDepartment of Cardiology, Tzaneio General Hospital, 18536 Piraeus, Greece.
Christos HitasDepartment of Cardiology, Amalia Flemig General Hospital, 15127 Melissia, Greece.ORCID 0009-0000-4499-2556
Konstantinos ToutouzasFirst Department of Cardiology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippocration General Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Maria NikolaouDepartment of Cardiology, Amalia Flemig General Hospital, 15127 Melissia, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2481-5936

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity in elderly individuals is associated with increased levels of inflammatory biomarkers, indicating a state of chronic low-grade inflammation, which has been recently termed as adipaging. Several studies have demonstrated this relationship: overweight and obese middle-aged and elderly individuals show elevated levels of inflammatory markers like CXCL-16, IL-6, and adipokines compared to normal weight counterparts. These markers positively correlate with anthropometric parameters indicating increased cardiovascular risk. C-reactive protein (CRP) and fibrinogen levels increase progressively with higher obesity classes in the general population, including the elderly. For instance, CRP levels nearly double with each increase in weight class compared to normal weight individuals. Additionally, the presence of obesity-related comorbidities like hypertension or diabetes further elevates these inflammatory markers. In conclusion, obesity in the elderly is characterized by elevated levels of various inflammatory biomarkers, reflecting a state of chronic low-grade inflammation. This inflammatory state may contribute to the development of obesity-related comorbidities. The clarification of the complementary or independent role of these biomarkers in aging and obesity could lead to targeted therapeutic interventions in this vulnerable population group.

Indexed as

BiomarkersInflammationObesityAgedC-Reactive ProteinHumansBiomarkersC-Reactive Proteinageingelderly populationimmune systeminflammaginginflammatory markersobesity

Identifiers

PMID41227378
PMCPMC12607380

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