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Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in obese children and adolescents using three different criteria and evaluation of risk factors. J Clin Res

Metabolic syndrome and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in obese children: the relationship with insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). Weiss R, Dziura J, Burgert TS, Tamborlane

Metabolic syndrome and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in obese children: the relationship with insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). Srinivasan SR, Myers L,

Type-2 diabetes mellitus (DM2), the most common form of diabetes (approximately 90% of cases), is caused basically by two pathogenic mechanisms - resistance to insulin and

Because insulin resistance, characteristic of the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes, results in lower urine pH through impaired kidney ammoniagenesis and because a low urine pH

Metabolic Syndrome (MS) is a condition in which risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus occur in the individual,¹ represented by the combination of at

Chronic diseases such as obesity, type-2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases are associated with inflammation due the increase of TNF- α , IL-6

SHORT-TERM TREATMENT WITH METFORMIN IMPROVES THE CARDIOVASCULAR RISK PROFILE IN FIRST-DEGREE RELATIVES OF SUBJECTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS WHO HAVE A METABOLIC SYNDROME