Relationships between 24-hour urinary free cortisol concentrations and metabolic syndrome in obese children

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2391-2399

  Reinehr, Thomas ^a   Kulle, Alexandra ^b   Wolters, Barbara ^a   Knop, Caroline ^a   Lass, Nina ^a   Welzel, Maik ^b   Holterhus, Paul Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS MODEL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PEDIATRIC OBESITY;

EID: 84904061725     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-4398     Document Type: Article

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