Endocrine Abstracts

The aim of the study was to investigate insulin resistance, dyslipidemia and atherogenic factors influencing HDL functions in symple obesity (SO) and obesity with acanthosis nigricans (OAN). Althogether 37 children with obesity, 17 girls and 20 boys, 19 with SO and 18 with OAN, were included into the study. Their age was 14.2±1.8 years and BMI was 35.9±6.1 kg/m2.Fasting glucose (FG), insulin (INS) were measured and HOMA-IR was calcul...