Presence of the Metabolic Syndrome in Obese Adolescents Predicts Impaired Glucose Tolerance and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 543-548

  Love Osborne, Kathy A ^a   Nadeau, Kristen J ^b   Sheeder, Jeanelle ^c   Fenton, Laura Z ^d   Zeitler, Phil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Impaired glucose tolerance; Metabolic syndrome; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMERICAN INDIAN; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; COLORADO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 43449103130     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.11.136     Document Type: Article

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