The Tri-ponderal Mass Index is associated with adiposity in adolescent type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional analysis

Abstract Pediatric type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients are often overweight or obese, yet there are no validated clinical measures of adiposity to stratify cardiometabolic risk in this population. The tri-ponderal mass index (TMI, kg/m3) has recently been reported as a measure of adiposity in c...

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Main Authors: Haifa Alfaraidi, Brandy Wicklow, Allison B. Dart, Elizabeth Sellers, Jonathan McGavock, Lehana Thabane, M. Constantine Samaan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88705-7