Insulin metabolism markers are predictors of subclinical atherosclerosis among overweight and obese children and adolescents

BACKGROUND: To investigate the association between markers of insulin metabolism and carotid intima-media thickness(cIMT) among overweight and obese children and adolescents. METHODS: A total of 378 children and adolescents aged from 6 to 13 years, with WHO body mass index Z-Scores ≥2 were enrolled...

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Published in:BMC Pediatr
Main Authors: Asghari, Golaleh, Dehghan, Pooneh, Mirmiran, Parvin, Yuzbashian, Emad, Mahdavi, Maryam, Tohidi, Maryam, Neyestani, Tirang R., Hosseinpanah, Farhad, Azizi, Fereidoun
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6260656/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30470212
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-1347-9
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