Glucose alteration and insulin resistance in asymptomatic obese children and adolescents

Objective: Obesity is associated with the abnormal glucose metabolism preceding type 2 diabetes mellitus. Thus, further investigation on the prediction of this lethal outcome must be sought. The objective was the profile glycemic assessment of asymptomatic obese children and adolescents from Salvado...

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Main Authors: Silvana Neves Ferraz de Assunção, Ney Christian Amaral Boa Sorte, Crésio de Aragão Dantas Alves, Patricia S. Almeida Mendes, Carlos Roberto Brites Alves, Luciana Rodrigues Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-05-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755716303229