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Utility of the modified ATP III defined metabolic syndrome and severe obesity as predictors of insulin resistance in overweight children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: The rising prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS) has received increased attention since both place individuals at risk for Type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Insulin resistance (IR) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of obesity and MetS in both children and a...

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Autores principales: Dhuper, Sarita, Cohen, Hillel W, Daniel, Josephine, Gumidyala, Padmasree, Agarwalla, Vipin, St Victor, Rosemarie, Dhuper, Sunil
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1805742/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17300718
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-6-4