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Persistent Mild Leukocytosis in Obesity․ Benign or Warning Sign?
Oct 2, 2025, 07:29

Persistent Mild Leukocytosis in Obesity․ Benign or Warning Sign?

William Aird, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, posted on X.

” Obesity can cause persistent mild leukocytosis.

WBC 10–14 ×10⁹/L

Often neutrophilia (± lymphs/monos)

Hb and platelets normal

CRP may be normal

Mechanism low-grade inflammation.

Usually benign, but marker of cardiometabolic risk.”

Obesity

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