Association of Trunk/Leg Fat Mass Ratio with Low-Density Lipoproteins-Cholesterol and Triglycerides Concentration in Children and Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional, Retrospective Study.

Conclusions: A central fat distribution seemed to be an independent risk factor for high TG concentrations in children and for high LDL-cholesterol only in girls. The first ethnicity-specific, pediatric reference centiles for T2L were presented. PMID: 32589473 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Childhood Obesity - Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Tags: Child Obes Source Type: research