Stress, Inflammation and Metabolic Biomarkers Are Associated with Body Composition Measures in Lean, Overweight, and Obese Children and Adolescents

• Main Authors: Eirini V. Christaki (Author), Panagiota Pervanidou (Author), Ioannis Papassotiriou (Author), Despoina Bastaki (Author), Eleni Valavani (Author), Aimilia Mantzou (Author), Giorgos Giannakakis (Author), Dario Boschiero (Author), George P. Chrousos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aim of this study was to examine the associations between multiple indices of stress, inflammation and metabolism vs. body composition parameters in 121 (43 boys, 78 girls) children and adolescents, aged 5-15 y. Subjects were divided into two groups: normal weight (N) (N = 40, BMI z-score = −0.1...