Increased innate immune responses in adolescents with obesity and its relation to subclinical cardiovascular measures : an exploratory study

Cardiometabolic risk accrues across the lifecourse and childhood and adolescence are key periods for effective prevention. Obesity is associated with inflammation in adults, but paediatric data are scarce. In a cross-sectional and longitudinal study, we investigated immune cell composition and activation in 31 adolescents with obesity (41.9% male, BMIz>2.5, 14.4y) and 22 controls with healthy weight (45.1% male, -1.5