Waist-to-height ratio, inflammation and CVD risk in obese children

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2378-2385

  Olza, Josune ^a   Aguilera, Concepcion M ^a   Gil Campos, Mercedes ^b   Leis, Rosaura ^c   Bueno, Gloria ^d   Valle, Miguel ^e   Cañete, Ramon ^b   Tojo, Rafael ^c   Moreno, Luis A ^f   Gil, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^e Valle de los Pedroches Hospital   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Child; CVD risk; Inflammation; Obesity; Waist to height ratio

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; AUTACOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SECRETION (PROCESS); SPAIN; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOKINES; ADIPOSITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; WAIST-HEIGHT RATIO;

EID: 84911388688     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013003285     Document Type: Article

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