Journal article
Adiposity in childhood brain tumors: A report from the Canadian Study of Determinants of Endometabolic Health in Children (CanDECIDE Study)
Abstract
Children with brain tumors (CBT) are at high risk of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes compared to the general population. Recently, adiposity has been reported to be more informative for cardiometabolic risk stratification than body mass index (BMI) in the general population. The goal of this study is to describe the adiposity phenotype in CBT, and to establish adiposity determinants. We recruited CBT (n = 56) and non-cancer controls …
Authors
Wang K-W; Souza RJD; Fleming A; Singh SK; Johnston DL; Zelcer SM; Rassekh SR; Burrow S; Scheinemann K; Thabane L
Journal
Scientific Reports, Vol. 7, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
DOI
10.1038/srep45078
ISSN
2045-2322