A marker of endotoxemia is associated with obesity and related metabolic disorders in apparently healthy Chinese Running title: A marker of endotoxemia and metabolic disorders

*Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China; †Department of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts; ‡Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Shanghai, China; §Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Micalis, UMR1319, Jouy en Josas, France; ||Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Nutriomique, U872 team 7, Paris, France; ¶Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France; #Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Nutrition and Endocrinology Department, Paris, France; **Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.