Fibrinogen: cardiometabolic risk marker in obese or overweight children and adolescents

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of increased serum fibrinogen levels and its association with cardiometabolic risk factors in overweight or obese children and adolescents. METHODS: Cross-sectional study with 138 children and adolescents (overweight or obese) followed at a referenc...

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Main Authors: Waldeneide F. Azevedo, Anajás S.C. Cantalice, Nathalia C. Gonzaga, Mônica O. da S. Simões, Anna Larissa V. Guimarães, Danielle F. de Carvalho, Carla Campos Muniz Medeiros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-10-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-75572015000500464&lng=en&tlng=en