Association of body mass index, sagittal abdominal diameter and waist-hip ratio with cardiometabolic risk factors and adipocytokines in Arab children and adolescents

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Al Attas, Omar S ^a,b   Al Daghri, Nasser M ^a,b   Alokail, Majed S ^a,b   Alkharfy, Khalid M ^a,c   Draz, Hossam ^a,d   Yakout, Sobhy ^a   Sabico, Shaun ^a   Chrousos, George ^a,e  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adipocytokines; Arab children; Insulin resistance; Sagittal abdominal diameter

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; RESISTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SAGITTAL ABDOMINAL DIAMETER; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOKINES; ADOLESCENT; ARABS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84864746513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-119     Document Type: Article

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