The metabolic syndrome, by definition, is not a disease but is a clustering of individual
metabolic risk factors including abdominal obesity, hyperglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia …

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) using reference
standards obtained in European children and to develop a quantitative MetS score and …

BACKGROUND Biological covariates such as age and sex can markedly influence
biochemical marker reference values, but no comprehensive study has examined such …

Objectives: The aim of our study is to provide percentiles for body composition indices in
normal weight European children, based on the IDEFICS cohort (Identification and …

Objectives: The aim of this study is to present age-and sex-specific reference values of
insulin, glucose, glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) and the homeostasis model …

Background Dyslipidemia is reported in 27− 43% of children and adolescents with
overweight/obesity and tracks into adulthood, increasing the risk of cardiovascular morbidity …

Objective To describe longitudinal changes in plasma lipid levels and pubertal stage in
youths from age 8-18 years, in Project HeartBeat! Study design Fasting blood samples and …

Background This study investigates prospective associations of anthropometrical and
lifestyle indices with insulin resistance (IR) in European children from the IDEFICS cohort …

Pediatric overweight and obesity is an emerging public health priority as rates have rapidly
increased worldwide. Obesity is often clustered with other metabolic abnormalities including …

Background Serum lipid concentrations are thought to be risk factors for the development of
cardiovascular disease. The present study aims to investigate the prevalence of …