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Hiperinsulinemia y resistencia insulínica en niños de dos escuelas públicas de Oaxaca, México

Rev. méd. Chile; 144 (8), 2016
Background: Obesity during childhood is a risk factor for developing cardiovascular diseases during adulthood. Aim: To measure insulin and glucose levels and parameters of insulin resistance in obese, overweight and normal weight Mexican children. Material and Methods: Comparative study of 21 obese child...

Impact of body mass index, age and varicocele on reproductive hormone profile from elderly men

Int. braz. j. urol; 42 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT Objectives: To study the impact of obesity, age and varicocele on sexual hormones fof adult and elderly men. Materials and Methods: 875 men who were screened for prostate cancer were enrolled in this study. Data recorded comprised age, body mass index (BMI), serum levels of total testosterone ...

Interaction of lipoprotein lipase polymorphisms with body mass index and birth weight to modulate lipid profiles in children and adolescents: the CASPIAN-III Study

Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (2), 2016
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Interactions between body mass index (BMI), birth weight and risk parameters may contribute to diseases rather than the individual effects of each factor. However this hypothesis needs to be confirmed. This study aimed to determine to what extent variants of lipoprotein lipase (LP...

Correlation of Insulin Resistance with Anthropometric Measures and Blood Pressure in Adolescents

Arq. bras. cardiol; 106 (4), 2016
Abstract Background: Blood pressure is directly related to body mass index, and individuals with increased waist circumference have higher risk of developing hypertension, insulin resistance, and other metabolic changes, since adolescence. Objective: to evaluate the correlation of blood pressure with i...

Asociación de la resistina con variables de dimensión y composición corporal en eutróficos y obesos

Rev. méd. Chile; 144 (3), 2016
Background: Resistin is an adipokine secreted in adipose tissue that may be associated with the metabolic and endocrine disorders of obesity. Aim: To assess the association between serum resistin levels and body composition variables, in children and adolescents. Material and Methods: Cross-sectional ass...

The p. N103K mutation of leptin (LEP) gene and severe early onset obesity in Pakistan

Biol. Res; 49 (), 2016
BACKGROUND: Obesity is a complex disorder and has been increasing globally at alarming rates including Pakistan. However, there is scarce research on understanding obesity genetics in Pakistan. Leptin is a hormone secreted by adipocytes in response to satiety and correlates with body weight. Any mutation...

Effect of concurrent training on gender-specific biochemical variables and adiposity in obese adolescents

Objective The purpose of the present study was to analyze the effects of a 20-week concurrent training (20 WCT) intervention program on gender-specific body composition and metabolic variables in obese adolescents.Subjects and methods Sample was composed of twenty-five obese adolescents, aged between 12 ...

Overweight and Obesity in Southern Italy: their association with social and life-style characteristics and their effect on levels of biologic markers
Overweight and Obesity in Southern Italy: their association with social and life-style characteristics and their effect on levels of biologic markers.

BACKGROUND: In the last decades, overweight and obesity have been transformed from minor public health issues to a major threat to public health affecting the most affluent societies and also the less developed ones. OBJECTIVES: To estimate overweight-obesity prevalence in adults, their association with ...

Lípidos y lipoproteínas séricas en un grupo de niños obesos de 8 y 9 años de edad
Serum lipids and lipoproteins in a group of obese children aged 8-9 years

Para conocer las posibles alteraciones en los niveles séricos de lípidos y lipoproteínas en niños obesos de edad escolar, se estudió un grupo de varones obesos y otro no obesos de 8 y 9 años de edad, en los cuales se midió el peso corporal, la talla, los pliegues cutáneos tricipital, subescapular...