The impact of body weight trajectory from childhood on chronic inflammation in adulthood: The Bogalusa Heart Study

The impact of long-term burden of excessive body weight, beginning in childhood, on inflammatory status in adulthood has been poorly described.To characterize the longitudinal body mass index (BMI) trajectory from childhood and examine its relationship with inflammatory status in adulthood.We included 1285 adults who had 4-15 repeat measurements of BMI from childhood to adulthood. The area under the curve (AUC) of growth curves was calculated to...