Insulin Sensitivity, Serum Lipids, and Systemic Inflammatory Markers in School-Aged Obese and Nonobese Children

• Main Authors: Jinkwan Kim (Author), Rakesh Bhattacharjee (Author), Leila Kheirandish-Gozal (Author), Abdelnaby Khalyfa (Author), Oscar Sans Capdevila (Author), Riva Tauman (Author), David Gozal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The impact of obesity as a systemic low-grade inflammatory process has only partially been explored. To this effect, 704 community-based school-aged children (354 obese children and 350 age-, gender-, and ethnicity-matched controls) were recruited and underwent assessment of plasma levels of fasting...