Precocious Preclinical Cardiovascular Sonographic Markers in Metabolically Healthy and Unhealthy Childhood Obesity

Precocious Preclinical Cardiovascular Sonographic Markers in Metabolically Healthy and Unhealthy Childhood Obesity

Background: Childhood obesity is related to a wide spectrum of cardiovascular and metabolic comorbidities.Objectives: (1) To identify precocious, preclinical, cardiovascular sonographic modifications, in a cohort of overweight (OW) and obese (OB) children and adolescents compared to lean controls; (...

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Main Authors: Domenico Corica, Lilia Oreto, Giorgia Pepe, Maria Pia Calabrò, Luca Longobardo, Letteria Morabito, Giovanni Battista Pajno, Angela Alibrandi, Tommaso Aversa, Malgorzata Wasniewska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
insulin resistance
global longitudinal strain
epicardial adipose tissue
cardiometabolic risk
myocardial dysfunction
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2020.00056/full

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