The triglyceride/HDL-cholesterol ratio as a marker of cardiovascular risk in obese children; association with traditional and emergent risk factors

Pediatric Diabetes

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 464-471

  Quijada, Zaira ^a   Paoli, Mariela ^a,d   Zerpa, Yajaira ^a   Camacho, Nolis ^a   Cichetti, Rosanna ^a   Villarroel, Vanessa ^b   Arata bellabarba, Gabriela ^b   Lanes, Roberto ^c  

^a Hospital Universitario de Los Andes   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^c Hospital de Clinicas Caracas   (Venezuela)

^d NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEPTIN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 52649143753     PISSN: 1399543X     EISSN: 13995448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2008.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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