Circulating spexins in children with obesity: relation to cardiometabolic risk.

Nouran Yousef Salah El-DinDina Abu ZeidRania N SabryReham F FahmyMona A El AbdEman AwadallahAzza OmranYasmin G El Gendy

Published in: European journal of clinical nutrition (2021)

Children with obesity had significantly lower SPX than controls. SPX was correlated with BMI, Bl-Pr, HOMA-IR, and vasculopathy in children with obesity independent of their age and lipid profile. Further studies should explore the pathomechanism of SPX and its potential role in the management of obesity and obesity-related cardiometabolic risk.

Keyphrases

insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
weight gain
high fat diet induced
type diabetes
young adults
adipose tissue
physical activity