e-Article
Associations of obesity and body shape with erythrocyte and reticulocyte parameters in the UK Biobank cohort
Document Type
article
Source
BMC Endocrine Disorders, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2023)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1472-6823
Abstract
Abstract Background Obesity is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic low-grade inflammation. Although chronic inflammatory conditions and diabetes are associated with anaemia, less is known about associations of obesity and body shape, independent of each other, with erythrocyte and reticulocyte parameters. Methods We investigated the associations of body mass index (BMI) and the allometric body shape index (ABSI) and hip index (HI), which are uncorrelated with BMI, with erythrocyte and reticulocyte parameters (all continuous, on a standard deviation (SD) scale) in UK Biobank participants without known metabolic, endocrine, or major inflammatory conditions (glycated haemoglobin HbA1c