Endocrine Abstracts

The incidence of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus and obesity is constantly growing in Latvia. Obesity in children is a globally progressing public health problem that can lead to serious metabolic abnormalities - insulin resistance and associated metabolic syndrome.Our objective was to determine the risk factors that contribute to the development of arterial hypertension in schoolchildren. 238 schoolboys between the ages of 7 and 19 were scree...

The incidence of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus and obesity is constantly growing in Latvia. Obesity in children is a globally progressing public health problem that can lead to serious metabolic abnormalities - insulin resistance and associated metabolic syndrome.Our objective was to determine the risk factors that contribute to the development of arterial hypertension in schoolchildren. 238 schoolboys between the ages of 7 and 19 were scree...