Insulin Sensitivity, Serum Lipids, and Systemic Inflammatory Markers in School-Aged Obese and Nonobese Children

The impact of obesity as a systemic low-grade inflammatory process has only partially been explored. To this effect, 704 community-based school-aged children (354 obese children and 350 age-, gender-, and ethnicity-matched controls) were recruited and underwent assessment of plasma levels of fasting...

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Main Authors: Jinkwan Kim, Rakesh Bhattacharjee, Leila Kheirandish-Gozal, Abdelnaby Khalyfa, Oscar Sans Capdevila, Riva Tauman, David Gozal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:International Journal of Pediatrics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/846098
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