Is Waist-height Ratio Associated with Thyroid Antibody Levels in Children with Obesity?

Mesut Dursun Gurkan Tarcin Esma Şengenç Feride Tahmiscioğlu Bucak Oya Ercan İbrahim Murat Bolayırlı Saadet Olcay Evliyaoglu

Published in: Journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology (2020)

Euthyroid children with obesity and a WHtR >0.6 are likely to have higher thyroid antibody levels, and Tg-ab levels have a positive correlation with WHtR, which reveals an association of central adiposity with thyroid autoantibody levels in these cases.

Keyphrases

insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
body mass index
type diabetes
weight loss
weight gain
adipose tissue