Relationships between cardiovascular risk profile, ultrasonographic measurement of intra-abdominal adipose tissue, and waist circumference in obese children

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-30

  Reinehr, Thomas ^a   Wunsch, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Children; Glucose metabolism; Lifestyle intervention; Lipids; Ultrasonographic measurements of adipose tissue; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 75949131087     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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