General and Abdominal Obesity and Incident Distal Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy: Insights Into Inflammatory Biomarkers as Potential Mediators in the KORA F4/FF4 Cohort.
Sabrina SchlesingerChristian HerderJulia M KannenbergCornelia HuthMaren Carstensen-KirbergWolfgang RathmannGidon J BönhofWolfgang KoenigMargit HeierAnnette PetersChrista MeisingerMichael RodenBarbara ThorandDan ZieglerPublished in: Diabetes care (2018)
General and abdominal obesity were associated with incident DSPN among individuals with and without diabetes, and this association was partly mediated by inflammatory markers. However, further mechanisms and biomarkers should be investigated as additional mediators to explain the remainder of this association.