Comparative analyses of surrogates of metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents with metabolically healthy obesity vs. metabolically unhealthy obesity according to Damanhoury's criteria.

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OBJECTIVES: Metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) has been reported with varying frequencies in children. The reasons of metabolically healthy phenotype in some obese subjects are unclear. Our aim was to identify the frequency of MHO in obese subjects, to assess the potential associations of demographic characteristics, serum uric acid, alanine transaminase (ALT), pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease fibsosis...

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