Metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents: Problems in definition, and ethnicity-related determinants

Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-126

  Misra, Anoop ^a,c   Vikram, Naval K ^b  

^a FORTIS HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c Diabetes Foundation India New Delhi   (India)

Author keywords

Asian Indians; Children; diabetes; Insulin resistance; Obesity; The metabolic syndrome; Truncal subcutaneous fat

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INDIAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOUTH ASIA; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 34247626437     PISSN: 18714021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2007.02.003     Document Type: Review

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