Associations of total and abdominal adiposity with risk marker patterns in children at high-risk for cardiovascular disease

Conclusion In children at high-risk for CVD, BMI% or WC% explained similar variance in an adverse lipid pattern; however, the combination of BMI% and WC% explained greater variance in a pro-inflammatory pattern than either alone. Both WC% and BMI% should both be used in anthropometric assessments of high-risk children.

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Source: BMC Obesity - March 13, 2015 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: research