Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Central obesity may be the cause of cardiometabolic disorders in adults. In children visceral adiposity is also associated with cardiometabolic risk factors. Waist circumference (WC) is a good surrogate marker of central adiposity, simple to measure. Paediatric studies indicate that within a particular Body mass Index (BMI) category, children with large WC have higher cardiovascular risk than those with smaller WC.Aim: To examine the relati...