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Preserved insulin sensitivity predicts metabolically healthy obese phenotype in children and adolescents.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Dec 2015
Vukovic Rade, Milenkovic Tatjana, Mitrovic Katarina, Todorovic Sladjana, Plavsic Ljiljana, Vukovic Ana, Zdravkovic Dragan
Abstract excerpt
Available data on metabolically healthy obese (MHO) phenotype in children suggest that gender, puberty, waist circumference, insulin sensitivity, and other laboratory predictors have a role in distinguishing these children from metabolically unhealthy obese (MUO) youth. The goal of this study was to identify predictors of MHO phenotype and to analyze glucose and insulin metabolism during oral glucose tolerance...
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