Evaluation of body mass index (BMI) percentile cut-off levels with reference to insulin resistance: A comparative study on south Indian obese and non-obese adolescents

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1579-1582

  Gandhe, Mahendra Bhauraoji ^a   Lenin, M ^a   Srinivasan, A R ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body mass index; Insulin resistance; Percentile

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INDIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 84881045104     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/6263.3213     Document Type: Article

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