Correlation of body mass index Z-scores with glucose and lipid profiles among overweight and obese children and adolescents

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of abnormalities in plasma lipid and glucose profiles among overweight and obese children and adolescents, and to assess the presence of a correlation between body mass index Z-scores and indicators of comorbidities related to both profiles. Methods: This was a...

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Main Authors: Carlos Alberto Nogueira-de-Almeida, Elza Daniel de Mello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-05-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755717300360