Metabolic syndrome in the pediatric population: a short overview
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Metabolic syndrome in the pediatric population: a short overview
The metabolic syndrome (MS) in adults is defined as a concurrence of obesity, disturbed glucose and insulin metabolism, hypertension and dyslipidemia, and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. Studies now indicate that many of its components are also present in children and adolescents. Moreover, the clustering of these risk facto...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Reports
سال: 2009
ISSN: 2036-7503,2036-749X
DOI: 10.4081/pr.2009.e1