Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Harmful effects of mercury on cardiovascular disease have been suggested in many epidemiologic studies. However, reports on harmful effect of mercury in relation to overweight or obesity have shown inconsistent findings.Methods: A total of 1577 children and adolescents (10–18 years of age) from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 2009–2013. Overweight or obese group was defined as over the 85th perc...

Background: Associations between obesity and adipomyokines, inflammatory marker, and level of physical fitness have not been well evaluated in severe obesity in children and adolescents.Method: Data on leptin, irisin, FGF21, hsCRP, glucose, insulin, physical fitness measured by arm curl test for upper extremity)and wall sit test for lower extremity were obtained in 266 participants who were recruited for ICAAN study, community- based multidisciplinary we...