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Serum visfatin concentration in obese children and adolescents and its relation to metabolic syndrome risk factors /

Eman Ali Moustafa Hassan

Serum visfatin concentration in obese children and adolescents and its relation to metabolic syndrome risk factors / تركيز الفيسفاتين فى الاطفال والمراهقين المصابين بالسمنة وعلاقته بعوامل خطر المتلازمة الأيضية Eman Ali Moustafa Hassan ; Supervised Ghada Mohammad Anwar , Ayat Ali Mohammad , Amany Ibrahiem Attia - Cairo : Eman Ali Moustafa Hassan , 2013 - 149P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics

We aimed to elucidate the impact of childhood and adolescent obesity on cirulating visfatin levels and analyze the relation of visfatin to metabolic syndrome risk factors . Cross - sectional study was conducted on 42 obese children and adolescents comparing them with 38 healthy weight , sex and age matched control group in The Diabetes Endocrine and Metabolism Pediatric Unit , Cairo University



Adolescents Children Obesity