Impact of overweight and obesity in carotid intima-media thickness of portuguese adolescents

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Leite, A ^a   Santos, A ^b   Monteiro, M ^c   Gomes, L ^c   Veloso, M ^a   Costa, M ^c  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR DE VILA NOVA DE GAIA ESPINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Centro Hospitalar Entre Douro e Vouga   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Carotid intima media thickness; Obese; Overweight; Portuguese

Indexed keywords

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

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNDERWEIGHT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84856348539     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02503.x     Document Type: Article

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