Identifying the metabolic syndrome in obese children and adolescents: Do age and definition matter?

Current Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-238

  Van Vliet, Mariska ^a,b   Von Rosenstiell, Inès A ^a   Schindhelm, Roger K ^c   Brandjes, Desiderius P M ^a   Beijnen, Jos H ^a   Diamant, Michaela ^b  

^a SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Insulin resistance; Metabolic syndrome X; Obesity; Overweight; Paediatrics; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 70549113567     PISSN: 15748847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157488409789375276     Document Type: Article

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