Relation of subepicardial adipose tissue thickness and clinical and metabolic parameters in obese prepubertal children

Pediatric Diabetes

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 556-562

  Hizli, Şamil ^a   Özdemir, Osman ^b   Abaci, Ayhan ^b   Razi, Cem Hasan ^b   Kabakuş, Nimet ^b  

^a Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition   (Tunisia)

^b NONE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Insulin resistance; Obesity; Prepubertal children; Subepicardial adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOMEOSTATIC MODEL ASSESSMENT INSULIN RESISTANT; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBEPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE THICKNESS; THICKNESS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; OBESITY; PERICARDIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 78649766264     PISSN: 1399543X     EISSN: 13995448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2010.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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