Sex-Specific Mediating Role of Insulin Resistance and Inflammation in the Effect of Adiposity on Blood Pressure of Prepubertal Children

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between obesity indices and blood pressure (BP) at 4 years of age, in each sex, and to quantify to which extent this association is mediated by inflammation and insulin resistance (IR). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We studied 1250 4-year-old children selected from th...

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Autores principales: Correia-Costa, Liane, Santos, Ana Cristina, Severo, Milton, Guerra, António, Schaefer, Franz, Caldas Afonso, Alberto, Barros, Henrique, Azevedo, Ana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4488421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26125190
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132097

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4488421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26125190
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132097

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