Plasma concentrations of retinol in obese children and adolescents: relationship to metabolic syndrome components

• Main Authors: Marcia Teske (Author), Ana Paula B. Melges (Author), Fabiola Isabel S. de Souza (Author), Fernando Luiz A. Fonseca (Author), Roseli Oselka S. Sarni (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo, 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To evaluate obese children and adolescents' retinol plasma levels and to correlate them with metabolic syndrome components. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 61 obese children and adolescents (body mass index Z score - ZBMI>+2). Pubertal development, arterial blood pressure, bod...