Pre-clinical alterations in cardiovascular phenotypes and their associations with metabolic profiles among obese youths

نویسندگان

  • Elim Man
  • Yiu-Fai Cheung
  • Pik-To Cheung
چکیده

Introduction Childhood obesity and various obesity-related comorbidities have become a serious global healthcare problem. Predictive risk stratification and early detection of high-risk obese youths can potentially help modify the outcomes of obesity before irreversible damage taking place. Newer surrogate markers for assessing preclinical cardiovascular alterations have good predictive values for future cardiovascular risks. However, local data regarding obesity-related arterial alterations in youth are lacking at present.

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دوره 2015  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2015