Article
Cardiometabolic phenotype in children with obesity.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Dec 2014
Di Bonito Procolo, Moio Nicola, Sibilio Gerolamo, Cavuto Luigi, Sanguigno Eduardo, Forziato Claudia, de Simone Giovanni, Capaldo Brunella
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the anthropometric and metabolic correlates of different patterns of left ventricular (LV) geometry in a cohort of outpatient children with high prevalence of obesity. STUDY DESIGN: Anthropometric measures, lipid profile, blood pressure (BP), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), and echocardiographic variables were evaluated in 281 white children (6-16 years), of whom 105 were obese and 105...
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