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Predictive markers of metabolically healthy obesity in children and adolescents: can AST/ALT ratio serve as a simple and reliable diagnostic indicator?
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Jan 2024
Çelik Nurullah, Ünsal Gülşah, Taştanoğlu Hüseyin
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This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) according to two different consensus-based criteria and to investigate simple, measurable predictive markers for the diagnosis of MHO. Five hundred and ninety-three obese children and adolescents aged 6-18 years were included in the study. The frequency of MHO was calculated. ROC analysis was used to estimate the predictive value...
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