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SUBMITTER: Suzuki Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6683574 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Suzuki Yosuke Y Kido Jun J Matsumoto Shirou S Shimizu Kie K Nakamura Kimitoshi K
BMC pediatrics 20190806 1
<h4>Background</h4>Plasma-free amino acid profiles have been reported to correlate with obesity and glucose metabolism, and have been studied as potentially useful biomarkers of lifestyle-related diseases affecting metabolism in adulthood. However, knowledge of these relationships is lacking in children, despite the growing public health problem posed by childhood obesity. The aim of this study was to assess whether plasma-free amino acid profiles can serve as useful biomarkers of lifestyle-rela ...[more]