The effect of ınsulin resistance and obesity on low-density lipoprotein particle size in children
Author(s) -
Mehmet Emre Taşçılar
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.566
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1308-5735
pISSN - 1308-5727
DOI - 10.4274/jcrpe.v2i2.63
Subject(s) - medicine , insulin resistance , body mass index , triglyceride , obesity , lipoprotein particle , endocrinology , lipoprotein , very low density lipoprotein , low density lipoprotein , childhood obesity , insulin , high density lipoprotein , cholesterol , overweight
In adults, it was shown that obesity and insulin resistance affect low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particle size and small dense (sd) LDL is associated with cardiovascular diseases. In this study, we investigated the effect of obesity and insulin resistance on LDL particle size.
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