C-reactive protein as an indicator of low intensity inflammation in children and adolescents with and without obesity;Proteína C reativa como indicador de inflamação de baixa intensidade em crianças e adolescentes com e sem obesidade

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 477-480

  Brasil, Adriana Reis ^a,c   Norton, Rocksane C ^a   Rossetti, Márcia B ^b   Leão, Ennio ^a   Mendes, Ricardo P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UFMG ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Inflammation; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; OBESITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 35349015923     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1690     Document Type: Article

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