Metabolic syndrome in obese children and adolescents: Dichotomous or continuous?

Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 549-555

  Thivel, David ^a   Malina, Robert M ^b   Isacco, Laurie ^a   Aucouturier, Julien ^a   Meyer, Martine ^c   Duché, Pascale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEIGHT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 73649147061     PISSN: 15404196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/met.2008.0085     Document Type: Article

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