Macular Variability in Children and Adolescents with Metabolic Syndrome: A Cross-sectional Study Examining the Associations with Anthropometric Measurements, Metabolic Parameters and Inflammatory Markers
Hakan ÖztürkBediz ÖzenGönül ÇatliBumin Nuri DündarPublished in: Journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology (2019)
This is the first study to show that mean MRT and MRV values decrease as BMI-SDS, WC-SDS and HOMA-IR increase in obese children and adolescents with MetS. NLR and SIII may serve as markers of chronic inflammation in obese children with MetS associated with macular damage.
Keyphrases
- metabolic syndrome
- optical coherence tomography
- oxidative stress
- diabetic retinopathy
- adipose tissue
- weight loss
- insulin resistance
- type diabetes
- body mass index
- uric acid
- obese patients
- cataract surgery
- physical activity
- body composition
- cardiovascular risk factors
- cardiovascular disease
- weight gain
- risk factors
- drug induced