Body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-to-height ratio as predictors of cardiometabolic risk in childhood obesity depending on pubertal development

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3384-3393

  Blüher, Susann ^a   Molz, Esther ^b   Wiegand, Susanna ^c   Otto, Klaus Peter ^d   Sergeyev, Elena ^a   Tuschy, Sabine ^e   L'Allemand Jander, Dagmar ^f   Kiess, Wieland ^a   Holl, Reinhard W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Children's Hospital Wilhelmsstift   (Germany)

^e SANA KLINIKUM OFFENBACH   (Germany)

^f Eastern Swiss Children's Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; INSULIN; LIPID; URIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GENDER; GERMANY; HOMEOSTASIS MODEL ASSESSMENT FOR INSULIN RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REGISTER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; OBESITY; PUBERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; URIC ACID; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84881518897     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-1389     Document Type: Article

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