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Abdominal Adiposity and Total Body Fat as Predictors of Cardiometabolic Health in Pre-Pubertal and Pubertal Youth

Jin Binghan , Derraik José G B , Fu JunFen , Lin Hu , Yuan Jinna , Dong Guanping

Objective: We aimed to investigate the usefulness of abdominal adiposity and total body fat as predictors of cardiometabolic health, especially insulin sensitivity, in children and adolescents.Methods: Participants were 479 children and adolescents with obesity (322 boys and 157 girls) aged 3 to 18 years attending the Children's Hospital at Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Hangzhou, China). Participants underw...