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Relation of childhood obesity/cardiometabolic phenotypes to adult cardiometabolic profile: the Bogalusa Heart Study.
American journal of epidemiology - 1 Oct 2012
Li Shengxu, Chen Wei, Srinivasan Sathanur R, Xu Jihua, Berenson Gerald S
Abstract excerpt
Not all obese adults have cardiometabolic abnormalities. It is unknown whether this is true in children and, if true, whether children who have metabolically healthy overweight/obesity (MHO) will also have favorable cardiometabolic profiles in adulthood. These aspects were examined in 1,098 individuals who participated as both children (aged 5-17 years) and adults (aged 24-43 years) in the Bogalusa Heart Study...
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