Relationship of Serum Interleukin-6 and Tumor Necrosis Factor α Levels with Abdominal Fat Distribution Evaluated by Ultrasonography in Overweight or Obese Postmenopausal Women

Abstract

There are no significant correlations between abdominal fat distributions measured by ultrasonography and circulating IL-6 and TNF-alpha levels. BMI may have a stronger association with circulating inflammatory cytokine concentrations than with different measures of central obesity in overweight or obese postmenopausal women.