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On the use of a continuous metabolic syndrome score in pediatric research

BACKGROUND: The constellation of elevated levels of abdominal adiposity, blood pressure, glucose, and triglycerides and lowered high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol has been termed the metabolic syndrome. Given the current pediatric obesity epidemic, it is perhaps not surprising that recent reports...

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Autor principal: Eisenmann, Joey C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2430947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18534019
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-7-17