Factors Associated with Insulin Resistance among Children and Adolescents Perinatally Infected with HIV-1 in the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Mitchell E. Geffner,
Kunjal Patel,
Tracie L. Miller,
Rohan Hazra,
Margarita Silió,
Russell B. Van Dyke,
William Borkowsky,
Carol Worrell,
Linda A. DiMeglio,
Denise L. Jacobson
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
hormone research in paediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.816
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1663-2826
pISSN - 1663-2818
DOI - 10.1159/000332957
Subject(s) - medicine , insulin resistance , impaired glucose tolerance , cohort , body mass index , cohort study , anthropometry , impaired fasting glucose , population , obesity , endocrinology , environmental health
Because of prior inconsistent findings, we studied a large cohort of HIV-infected children to determine: (1) prevalence of insulin resistance (IR); (2) anthropometric and clinical correlates of IR, and (3) concomitant abnormalities of glucose tolerance.
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