Maternal waist circumference and the prediction of children's metabolic syndrome

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 697-

  Atabek, Mehmet Emre ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MATERNAL WELFARE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARGENTINA; BODY MASS; GENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; NOTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WAIST HIP RATIO;

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARGENTINA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 46949085900     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.162.7.697-a     Document Type: Letter

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