Frequency of the metabolic syndrome in obese Spanish pediatric population
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Frequency of the metabolic syndrome in obese Spanish pediatric population.
OBJECTIVE Obesity is associated with insulin-resistance (IR), type 2 diabetes (T2D) and a constellation of cardiovascular risk factors at the early years of life. These features define the so-called metabolic syndrome (MS). AIMS To assess the frequency of the MS among obese pediatric Spanish population and analyse the individual contribution and the predictive potential of individual componen...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Endocrinology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0804-4643,1479-683X
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.02206