Does visceral adiposity index signify early metabolic risk in children and adolescents?: Association with insulin resistance, adipokines, and subclinical inflammation

Pediatric Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 459-463

  Al Daghri, Nasser M ^a   Al Attas, Omar S ^a,b   Alokail, Majed ^a,b   Alkharfy, Khalid ^a,c   Wani, Kaiser ^a   Amer, Osama E ^a   Ul Haq, Saim ^a   Rahman, Shakilur ^a   Alnaami, Abdullah M ^a   Livadas, Sarantis ^d   Kollias, Anastasios ^d   Charalampidis, Paris ^e   Sabico, Shaun ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LEPTIN; RESISTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VISCERAL ADIPOSITY INDEX; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPONECTIN; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LEPTIN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84896863092     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2013.229     Document Type: Article

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