Does waist circumference and not body mass index explain obesity-related health risk?
WC, and not BMI, explains obesity-related health risk. Thus, for a given WC value, overweight and obese persons and normal-weight persons have comparable health risks. However, when WC is dichotomized as normal or high, BMI remains a significant predictor of health risk.
Tri is an effective drug in suppressing murine EAE. This suppression is supposed to be related to downregulation of INF-gamma and upregulation of IL-10 secretion in splenic lymphocytes.