Evaluation of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome in a group of obese Czech children
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Abstract
Objective: The study aimed to determine the incidence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in a group of Czech obese children, to evaluate the incidence of insulin resistance according to HOMA-IR in this group, and to consider the diagnostic value of HOMA-IR in early MS detection in obese children using the logistic regression models for analyzing the relations between HOMA IR and MS.
Subjects and Methods: Anthropometric and laboratory examinations were performed in a group of 274 obese children aged 10–17 years.
Results: MS was established in 102 subjects (37%). The presence of insulin resistance according to HOMA-IR >3.16 was ascertained in 53% of the subjects. HOMA-IR limit was exceeded by 70% in the MS (+) group and by 43% in children in the MS (–) (p<0.0001) category.
Conclusion: The relatively high incidence of insulin resistance in obese children without MS questions the prevailing diagnostic criteria of, perhaps, falsely excluding some cases of, MS.
Acknowledgments
The study was supported by the Czech Ministry of Health grant project IGA MZ ČR NT 11098-4.
Conflict of interest statement
The authors declare to have no conflict of interest. The authors have no financial relationship(s) of commercial interests to disclose.
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- Editorial
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- Review article
- Common approach to childhood obesity in Japan
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- Aromatase deficiency in an adolescent girl misdiagnosed as congenital adrenal hyperplasia in infancy and childhood
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