Normal Weight Obesity Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome and Insulin Resistance in Young Adults from a Middle-Income Country

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Madeira, Francilene B ^a   Silva, Antônio A ^b   Veloso, Helma F ^b   Goldani, Marcelo Z ^c   Kac, Gilberto ^d   Cardoso, Viviane C ^e   Bettiol, Heloisa ^e   Barbieri, Marco A ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX; SKIN COLOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875544818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060673     Document Type: Article

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