Is Waist-height Ratio Associated with Thyroid Antibody Levels in Children with Obesity?

Objective:Obesity is known to affect thyroid function. Recently, waist-height ratio (WHtR) has been considered as a useful marker of subclinical hypothyroidism in obese cases, but its relation with thyroid autoimmunity still remains unclear. We evaluated the effect of body fat mass, WHtR, and metabo...

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Main Authors: Bahar Özcabi, Gürkan Tarçın, Esma Şengenç, Feride Tahmiscioğlu Bucak, Oya Ercan, İbrahim Murat Bolayırlı, Olcay Evliyaoğlu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayincilik 2021-06-01
Series:JCRPE
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Online Access: http://www.jcrpe.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/s-waist-height-ratio-associated-with-thyroid-antib/40514