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From: Elevated resting heart rate as a predictor of inflammation and cardiovascular risk in healthy obese individuals

Figure 2

Elevated RHR is associated with obesity-inflammatory markers in the plasma. Plasma levels of obesity related cytokines secretion of MMP-9 (A), TNF-α (B) and VEGF (C) was determined by ELISA. Pearson's correlation coefficient and linear regression analysis was conducted to investigate the relationship between secreted cytokines and RHR (D–F). All data are expressed as mean ± SD. P ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant (*P < 0.01; **P < 0.001, ***P < 0.0001).

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