Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To investigate the state of blood pressure in children with obesity and insulin resistance.Materials and Methods: 127 obese children, age from 6 to 15 years, average age 11.5 years. Anthropometry, calculation of body mass index (BMI), waist/hip volume ratio, measurement of blood pressure (SBP, DBP), study of the level of immunoreactive insulin, glucose were carried out. Insulin resistance was determined with hyperinsulinemia above 22.0 microns...