Neck circumference as a novel parameter to determine metabolic risk factors in obese children

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 623-630

  Kurtoglu, Selim ^a   Hatipoglu, Nihal ^b   Mazicioglu, M Mümtaz ^a   Kondolot, Meda ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kayseri Maternity and Child Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiometabolic risk factors; Neck circumference; Obese children and adolescences

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NECK; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LINEAR MODELS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; NECK; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84860915082     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2011.02627.x     Document Type: Article

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