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. 2009 Apr 15;4:149–156. doi: 10.2147/copd.s5018

Table 4b.

Relationships between systemic inflammatory biomarkers and BMI at the one-year visit

CRP TNF-α BMI
IL-6 r = 0.51, p = 0.0002 r = 0.18, p = 0.23 r = 0.25, p = 0.09
CRP r = −0.11, p = 0.41 r = 0.26, p = 0.06
TNF-α r = −0.20, p = 0.16

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CRP, C-reactive protein; IL-6, interleukin-6; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α.