Waist circumference as a screening tool for the identification of adolescents with the metabolic syndrome phenotype

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 325-331

  Bitsori, Maria ^a   Linardakis, Manolis ^b   Tabakaki, Maria ^a   Kafatos, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Fitness; Insulin resistance; Metabolic syndrome; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPIDS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 70450169561     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477160902914597     Document Type: Article

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