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SUBMITTER: Bastos da Cunha C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5686770 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bastos da Cunha Carolina C Sicuro Fernando F Maranhão Priscila Alves PA Borges Marcos Antonio MA Cyrino Fátima Z FZ Gazolla Fernanda Mussi FM Madeira Isabel Rey IR Bordallo Maria Alice Neves MAN Bouskela Eliete E Kraemer-Aguiar Luiz Guilherme LG
Journal of the Endocrine Society 20170609 7
<h4>Purpose</h4>Previous studies have shown that microvascular dysfunction (MD) is associated with a number of cardiovascular risk factors, including obesity. Few studies have assessed microvascular reactivity in children, and in most of these, results were confounded by the effects of puberty. Our aim was to establish whether MD is already present in obese prepubertal children.<h4>Methods</h4>This cross-sectional study included 52 obese, 18 overweight, and 28 eutrophic children, with a mean ± s ...[more]