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Insulin Gene Variable Number of Tandem Repeats (INS VNTR) Genotype and Metabolic Syndrome in Childhood Obesity

Nicola Santoro, Grazia Cirillo, Alessandra Amato, Caterina Luongo, Paolo Raimondo, Antonietta D’Aniello, Laura Perrone, Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2006 · 30 citations · 21 references

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Abstract

We conclude that the I variant of the insulin promoter, when expressed in homozygotes, can predispose obese children to develop the metabolic syndrome.

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Insulin sensitivity indices obtained from oral glucose tolerance testing: comparison with the euglycemic insulin clamp.

Masafumi Matsuda, Ralph A. DeFronzo · Diabetes Care · 1999 · 5.5K citations

Association between Multiple Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Atherosclerosis in Children and Young Adults

Gerald S. Berenson, Sathanur R. Srinivasan, Weihang Bao et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1998 · 3.9K citations · Full text

Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents

Ram Weiss, James Dziura, Tania S. Burgert et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2004 · 3.4K citations

Clinical longitudinal standards for height, weight, height velocity, weight velocity, and stages of puberty.

J. M. Tanner, R. H. Whitehouse · Archives of Disease in Childhood · 1976 · 3.1K citations · Full text

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Prevalence of a Metabolic Syndrome Phenotype in Adolescents

Stephen Cook, Michael Weitzman, Peggy Auinger et al. · Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine · 2003 · 2.3K citations