ESPE Abstracts

Key words: Insulin resistance, triglycerides to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol-(HDL-C), HOMA-IR.Background: Childhood Obesity is a chronic metabolic disease. The fundamental disorder related to obesity is Insulin Resistance (IR). The gold standard method to measure IR is by use the hyper insulinemic euglycemic clamp, rarely performed in children because of its invasiveness, complexity, time consumption and high cos...