Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Studies in adults have clearly demonstrated that obesity is a main factor implicated in increased oxidative stress and platelet activation, both predisposing factors for cardiovascular disease leading to increased morbidity and mortality. Furthermore, the metabolic syndrome (MetS), the clustering of abnormalities, such as central obesity, dyslipidemia, impaired glucose tolerance and hypertension, which is an important cardiovascular risk factor in adults, is also h...