Comparison of different anthropometric indices for identifying insulin resistance in schoolchildren

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 615-621

  Hirschler, Valeria ^a   Ruiz, Amalia ^a   Romero, Teresa ^a   Dalamon, Ricardo ^a   Molinari, Claudia ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DURAND   (Argentina)

^b University of Biology and Chemistry of Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ALGORITHMS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARGENTINA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPIDS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 70349303655     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dia.2009.0026     Document Type: Article

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