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ea0016p590 | Paediatric endocrinology | ECE2008

Increased hyperinsulinism and insulin resistance, and decreased antioxidant defense, in children and adolescents with pre-metabolic versus metabolic syndromes

Dimitrijevic-Sreckovic Vesna , Sreckovic Branko , Colak Emina , Djordjevic Predrag , Canovic Fadil , Vukosavljevic Dragana , Stojanovic Jecka

Background and aims: The aim was to analyze insulin resistance (IR), glycoregulation disorders, lipid status, C-reactive protein (CRP), plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) and antioxidant defense in children and adolescents with pre-metabolic (Pre-MS) and metabolic (MS) syndromes.Material and methods: The study included 30 obese individuals (age 10–20 years, body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference (WC) ≥90 percentile). Three of the fo...