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Associations of pubertal stage and body mass index with cardiometabolic risk in Hong Kong Chinese children: A cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Puberty is associated with a clustering of cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRFs) during adolescence that are manifested in later life. Although anthropometric variables such as body mass index (BMI) can predict cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents, it is not clear whether ther...

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Autores principales: Chan, Noel PT, Choi, Kai C, Nelson, E Anthony S, Chan, Juliana C, Kong, Alice PS
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4582725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26403455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-015-0446-0