Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0004p39 | Diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | SFE2002

DETERMINANT FACTORS OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN SCHOOL-AGE BOYS IN LATVIA

Madrevica I , Ligere R , Krikis J

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...

ea0004dp9 | Diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | SFE2002

DETERMINANT FACTORS OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN SCHOOL-AGE BOYS IN LATVIA

Madrevica I , Ligere R , Krikis J

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...