Umbilical waist-to-height ratio and trunk fat mass index (DXA) as markers of central adiposity and insulin resistance in Argentinean children with a family history of metabolic syndrome

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-256

  Guntsche, Zelmira ^a   Guntsche, Enrique M ^a   Saraví, Fernando D ^b   Gonzalez, Lía M ^a   Avellaneda, Carina Lopez ^a   Ayub, Elsa ^a   Coll, Silvana ^a   Astor, Susana ^a   Cestino, Laura ^a  

^a Hospital Humberto Notti   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Central adiposity; Children; DXA fat mass index; Insulin resistance; Waist to height ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CHILD; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TRUNK; WAIST HIP RATIO; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

EID: 77952214654     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2010.23.3.245     Document Type: Article

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