Abstract:Inflammation is thought to be responsible for insülin resistance and fatty liver in obese cases. The contribution of fetuin-A the inflammation process is not clear. We aimed to evaluate fetuin-A levels in obese adolescents and to evaluate its relationship with anthropometric data, insulin levels and high-sensitive CRP. We found that there was no difference in fetuin-A levels between obese and healthy cases in the whole group. However, hs-CRP levels of obese patients were found to be significantly higher than h… Show more
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