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Diagnostic accuracy of anthropometric indices for metabolically healthy obesity in child and adolescent population.
Pediatric research - 1 Nov 2023
Guzmán-García José-Miguel, Romero-Saldaña Manuel, Molina-Recio Guillermo, Fonseca-Del Pozo Francisco-Javier, Raya-Cano Elena, Molina-Luque Rafael
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BACKGROUND: A variable percentage of children and adolescents with obesity do not have cardiometabolic comorbidities. A phenotype called metabolically healthy obese (MHO) has emerged to describe this population subgroup. Early identification of this condition may prevent the progression to metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO). MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive study of 265 children and...
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