Abdominal Adiposity and Total Body Fat as Predictors of Cardiometabolic Health in Children and Adolescents With Obesity

Abdominal Adiposity and Total Body Fat as Predictors of Cardiometabolic Health in Children and Adolescents With Obesity

Objective: We aimed to assess the role of adipose tissue distribution in cardiometabolic risk (in particular insulin sensitivity) in a population of children and adolescents with obesity.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, participants were 479 children and adolescents with obesity (322 boys and...

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Main Authors: Binghan Jin, Hu Lin, Jinna Yuan, Guanping Dong, Ke Huang, Wei Wu, Xuefeng Chen, Li Zhang, Jinling Wang, Xinyi Liang, Yangli Dai, Xiaoqin Xu, Xuelian Zhou, Mingqiang Zhu, Guohua Li, Wayne S. Cutfield, Paul L. Hofman, José G. B. Derraik, Junfen Fu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
android-to-gynoid-fat ratio
blood pressure
body composition
glucose
insulin sensitivity
lipids
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2020.00579/full

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