Associations of several anthropometric indices with insulin resistance in children: The Children Study

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 494-499

  Manios, Yannis ^a   Kourlaba, Georgia ^a   Kafatos, Anthony ^b   Cook, Tina L ^a   Spyridaki, Aspasia ^c   Fragiadakis, George A ^c  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Serum insulin; Waist circumference; Waist to height ratio; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WAIST HIP RATIO;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; GREECE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 41149110284     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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