ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Leptin, some cytokines and triglycéride/colesterol -HDL ratio (TG/C-HDL ratio) are markers of insulin-resistance in children and adolescents with overweight/obesity. Due to the high prevalence of this pathology it’s necessary to find and easy and better routinely marker that identify these patients in the outpatient clinic. Previous results demonstrated that TG/C-HDL ratio >2 was a better predictor of metabolic syndrome (sensitivity 100%; specificit...