Salivary N1-Methyl-2-Pyridone-5-Carboxamide, a Biomarker for Uranium Uptake, in Kuwaiti Children Exhibiting Exceptional Weight Gain

Salivary N1-Methyl-2-Pyridone-5-Carboxamide, a Biomarker for Uranium Uptake, in Kuwaiti Children Exhibiting Exceptional Weight Gain

In a longitudinal study of 6,158 Kuwaiti children, we selected 94 for salivary metabolomic analysis who were neither obese (by waist circumference) nor metabolic syndrome (MetS) positive (<3 diagnostic features). Half (43) remained healthy for 2 years. The other half (51) were selected becaus...

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Main Authors: Jo Max Goodson, Markus Hardt, Mor-Li Hartman, Hend Alqaderi, Daniel Green, Mary Tavares, Al-Sabiha Mutawa, Jitendra Ariga, Pramod Soparkar, Jawad Behbehani, Kazem Behbehani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
adolescent obesity
kuwaiti children
N1-Methyl-2-pyridone-5-carboxamide
2PY
nicotinate metabolism
uranium toxicity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2019.00382/full

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