Anthropometric indices are not satisfactory predictors of metabolic comorbidities in obese children and adolescents

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1178-1183.e2

  Morandi, Anita ^a   Miraglia Del Giudice, Emanuele ^b   Martino, Francesco ^c   Martino, Eliana ^c   Bozzola, Mauro ^d   Maffeis, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMORBIDITY; DELONG TEST; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBESITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRICS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; METABOLIC SYNDROME X;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; ROC CURVE; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HEIGHT RATIO;

EID: 84912525699     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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