Waist circumference identifies primary school children with metabolic syndrome abnormalities

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-157

  Hirschler, Valeria ^a   Maccallini, Gustavo ^a   Calcagno, Maria ^b   Aranda, Claudio ^a   Jadzinsky, Mauricio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DURAND   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X;

EID: 34247540875     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dia.2006.0017     Document Type: Article

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