Oxidative stress and blood lipid profile in Cameroonian obese subjects

• Main Authors: Oben, Julius E., Enyegue, Damaris M., Ngondi, Judith L., Fomekong, Gilles I. D., Agbor, Gabriel A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sunway University College 2008
• Subjects: RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/55/1/oxidative_stress.pdf; http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/55/
• Institution: Sunway University

The relationship between obesity, blood lipids and oxidative stress was investigated in 200 participants. The Body Mass Index of the subjects were positively correlated with the percentage body fat, the systolic and diastolic blood pressure, the fasting blood glucose level, the oxidation of proteins...