Obesity, but not polycystic ovary syndrome, affects circulating markers of low-grade inflammation in young women without major cardiovascular risk factors

Cristiano Roberto Grimaldi Barcellos, Michelle Patrocínio Rocha,  Sylvia Asaka Yamashita Hayashida, Wagner Silva Dantas,  Viviane dos Reis Vieira Yance, José Antonio Miguel Marcondes

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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and obesity on circulating markers of low-grade inflammation—tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), interleukin 6 (IL-6) and high sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP)—in young women without major cardiovascular (CV) risk factors …