Adiposity Criteria in Assessing Increased Cardiometabolic Risk in Prepubertal Children

Adiposity Criteria in Assessing Increased Cardiometabolic Risk in Prepubertal Children

Objective: Adiposity induces the clustering of cardiometabolic risk factors, and pediatric adiposity is a better indicator for adulthood cardiometabolic diseases than pediatric metabolic syndrome. However, the observed prevalence of pediatric adiposity depends on the methods and cut-points used. The...

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Main Authors: Tuomo Tapani Tompuri, Jarmo Jääskeläinen, Virpi Lindi, David Elliot Laaksonen, Aino-Maija Eloranta, Anna Viitasalo, Tomi Laitinen, Timo Antero Lakka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
body fat percentage
body mass index
diagnostic accuracy
obesity
overweight
sensitivity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2019.00410/full

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