Examining Metabolic Syndrome Definitions in Overweight Hispanic Youth: A Focus on Insulin Resistance
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Examining metabolic syndrome definitions in overweight Hispanic youth: a focus on insulin resistance.
OBJECTIVE To examine the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in overweight Hispanic youth according to 3 published pediatric definitions. Furthermore, the relationship of each definition to directly measured insulin resistance was examined. STUDY DESIGN We conducted a secondary data analysis of 218 overweight Hispanic youth with a family history of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The metabolic syn...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0022-3476
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.08.010