An interventional study of Lifestyle modification in Obesity and Inflammation, sponsored by Taichung Veterans General Hospital. Completed at 1 site in Taiwan. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2006-12-27.
Sponsored by Taichung Veterans General Hospital · Not applicable and Interventional
To investigate whether weight reduction by life style modification for 12 weeks will improve circulating inflammatory markers, adipocytokines as well as gene expression of proinflammatory protein obtained from circulating monocytes from obese individuals.
3,439 studies on the registry are indexed under Inflammation; 629 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 25 is below the median of 50 across 2,437 interventional studies indexed under Inflammation.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Inflammatory responses after weight reduction
BMI
Circulating inflammatory markers
Adipocytokines
Gene Expression from mononuclear cells
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