hrp0082p2-d3-402 | Fat Metabolism & Obesity (2) | ESPE2014
Ravi Janani
, Prasad Hemchand Krishna
, Venugopalan Lakshmi
, Chokanathan Gowrishankar
, Krishnamoorthy Nedunchelian
, Narayanaswamy Kannan
Background: BMI to screen children for cardiometabolic risk has numerous drawbacks. Hypertriglyceridemic-waist (HW) phenotype is recognized as an effective screening tool to identify adults but role in children is not known.Objective and hypotheses: To evaluate HW-phenotype as an alternative for BMI in recognizing children (518 years) at risk for cardiometabolic risk factors.Method: Retrospective review of case records of chi...