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[Diagnostic accuracy of the tri-ponderal mass index in identifying the unhealthy metabolic obese phenotype in obese patients].
Anales de pediatria - 1 Feb 2021
Yeste Diego, Clemente María, Campos Ariadna, Fábregas Anna, Mogas Eduard, Soler Laura, Carrascosa Antonio
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INTRODUCTION: The metabolically healthy obese (MHO) phenotype defines obese patients who have preserved insulin sensitivity and absence of metabolic complications. This phenotype is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease and type2 diabetes in adulthood. OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of MHO and the metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO) phenotype in a cohort of obese children and...
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