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Children and adolescents with obesity and the metabolic syndrome have high circulating cortisol levels.

Yaşar Şen, Denizmen Aygün, Erdal Yılmaz, Ahmet Ayar

PubMed · 2008 · 48 citations · 8 references

Abstract

Results from the present study indicates that there may be a link between cortisol production and the metabolic syndrome in obese children and adolescents.

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