Positive association between adiposity and inflammation in US adults: A cross-sectional study.

Identification of biomarkers involved in multifaceted obesity-related inflammatory processes paired with reliable anthropometric measures of visceral adiposity is important for developing epidemiologic screening tools. This retrospective observational study used linear regression models to examine the association between inflammation and visceral fat in a nationally representative sample of 10 655 US adults. Inflammation was measured using a cumulative inflammation index (CII) generated from white blood cell ratios and uric acid.