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Relationship of age at menarche and serum leptin with the metabolically unhealthy phenotype in adolescents.
Nutricion hospitalaria - 23 Feb 2021
Magalhaes Ana Carla Leocadio de, Pierucci Anna Paola, Oliveira Maria Núbia, Campos Aline Bull Ferrerira, Jesus Patrícia Carvalho de, Ramalho Andrea
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INTRODUCTION: Objective: to analyze the relationship of age at menarche and leptin with the metabolically healthy (MH) and metabolically unhealthy (MUH) phenotypes in adolescent girls in different body mass index (BMI) categories. Method: an observational and cross-sectional study consisting of 139 female adolescents attended to at the Adolescent Reference Center in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro. Menarche was classified...
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