Neonatal and Adolescent Adipocytokines as Predictors of Adiposity and Cardiometabolic Risk in Adolescence.
Catherine O BuckNan LiCharles B EatonKarl T KelseyKim M CecilHeidi J KalkwarfKimberly YoltonBruce P LanphearAimin ChenJoseph M BraunPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2021)
In this cohort, changes in leptin concentrations and adiponectin/leptin ratios over childhood were associated with adiposity and cardiometabolic risk scores, indicating that adipocytokine concentrations are potential biomarkers for predicting excess adiposity and cardiometabolic risk in adolescence.