Childhood retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) levels predicting the 10-year risk of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome: the BCAMS study

Childhood retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) levels predicting the 10-year risk of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome: the BCAMS study

Abstract Background Elevated retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) levels may contribute to the development of metabolic abnormalities, but prospective studies evaluating the association between childhood RBP4 levels and metabolic syndrome (MS) in adulthood are lacking. We investigated whether RBP4 level...

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Main Authors: Ge Li, Issy C. Esangbedo, Lu Xu, Junling Fu, Lujiao Li, Dan Feng, Lanwen Han, Xinhua Xiao, Mingyao Li, Jie Mi, Ming Li, Shan Gao, Steven M. Willi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
Subjects:
Retinol-binding protein 4
Insulin resistance
Metabolic syndrome
Children
Youth
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12933-018-0707-y

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