Endocrine Abstracts

Objective To evaluate the prevalence of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome, to define its components and to reveal their relationships in obese children. Patients and methods A total of 147 obese (BMI higher than 95 centile for age and gender) Caucasian children aged 9-16 years, mean age 13,67±2,43 (75 boys and 72 girls) were examined. Waist and hip circumferences were measured with WHR calculation, arterial blood pressure was registered. Standard 2-h OGTT was pe...