Journal article
Leptin is Associated with the Tri-Ponderal Mass Index in Children: A Cross-Sectional Study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Obesity is characterized by the disproportionate expansion of the fat mass and is most commonly diagnosed using the Body Mass Index (BMI) z-score or percentile in children. However, these measures associate poorly with the fat mass. This is important, as adiposity is a more robust predictor of cardiometabolic risk than BMI-based measures, but there are limited clinical measures of adiposity in children. A new measure, the …
Authors
Empringham B; Jennings WJ; Rajan R; Fleming AJ; Portwine C; Johnston DL; Zelcer SM; Rassekh SR; Tran V; Burrow S
Journal
Adolescent Health Medicine and Therapeutics, Vol. 12, No. 0, pp. 9–15
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
March 9, 2021
DOI
10.2147/ahmt.s289973
ISSN
1179-318X