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Glucose alteration and insulin resistance in asymptomatic obese children and ad...
Assunção,Silvana Neves Ferraz de; Boa Sorte,Ney Christian Amaral; Alves,Crésio de Aragão Dantas; Mendes,Patricia S. Almeida; Alves,Carlos Roberto BritesAbstract Objective Obesity is associated with the abnormal glucose metabolism preceding type 2 diabetes mellitus. Thus, further investigation on the prediction of this lethal outcome must be sought. The objective was the profile glycemic assessment of asymptomatic obese children and adolescents from Salvador, Brazil. Method A fasting venous blood sample was obtained from 90 consecutive obese individuals aged 8-...
Lung function in the absence of respiratory symptoms in overweight children and...
Assunção,Silvana Neves Ferraz de; Daltro,Carla Hilário da Cunha; Sorte,Ney Christian Boa; Ribeiro Júnior,Hugo da Costa; Bastos,Maria de LourdesOBJECTIVE: To describe lung function findings in overweight children and adolescents without respiratory disease. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study involving male and female overweight children and adolescents in the 8-18 year age bracket, without respiratory disease. All of the participants underwent anthropometric assessment, chest X-ray, pulse oximetry, spirometry, and lung volume measurements. Indiv...