A cross-sectional survey of adrenal steroid hormones among overweight/obese boys according to puberty stage

A cross-sectional survey of adrenal steroid hormones among overweight/obese boys according to puberty stage

Abstract Background Obesity is associated with many chronic diseases including cortisol rhythm disorder and low testosterone. Furthermore, studies on obese children are quite limited and no concordance results have been obtained, especially for boys in puberty. Moreover, the sample sizes of previous...

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Main Authors: Bingyan Cao, Chunxiu Gong, Di Wu, Xuejun Liang, Wenjing Li, Min Liu, Chang Su, Miao Qin, Xi Meng, Liya Wei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
Subjects:
Obesity
Adolescent boys
Adrenal steroid hormones
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12887-019-1755-5

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