Epicardial adipose tissue and cardiometabolic risk factors in overweight and obese children and adolescents

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-70

  Schusterova, I ^a   Leenen, F H H ^b   Jurko, A ^c   Sabol, F ^d   Takacova, J ^e  

^a FACULTY HOSPITAL   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Pediatric Cardiology Clinic   (Slovakia)

^d East Slovak Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases   (Slovakia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cardio metabolic risk; childhood obesity; epicardial adipose tissue; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LIPID; LIVER ENZYME; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIET RESTRICTION; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

CARDIO-METABOLIC RISK; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84880313568     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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