Mannose-Binding Lectin in Obesity with Different Degrees of Metabolic Syndrome Abnormalities: Association with Atherogenic and Metabolic Traits

Abstract

Our findings suggest that plasma levels of MBL did not differ between healthy lean and severely obese subjects. MBL did not affect cardiovascular risk factors, or markers of endothelial dysfunction and early atherosclerosis in severely obese patients before and after marked weight loss.