Intra-abdominal fat measurement by ultrasonography: association with anthropometry and metabolic syndrome in adolescents
Objective: To associate intra-abdominal fat thickness measured by ultrasonography to the factors related to metabolic syndrome and to determine cutoff points of intra-abdominal fat measurement associated with a greater chance of metabolic syndrome in adolescents. Methods: This was a cross-sectional...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-05-01
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Series: | Jornal de Pediatria |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755717310707 |