Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Levels and Bone Mineral Density in Metabolically Healthy and Metabolically Unhealthy Obese Children

Filiz Akduman Zeynep Şiklar Elif Özsu Ozlem Ceylan Dogan Metin Kemal Kır Merih Berberoğlu

Published in: Journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology (2022)

BMD-z-score was increased in obese children compared to healthy control. Moreover, BMD-z-score tended to be higher when more metabolic risk factors were present. However, there was no significant relationship between FGF21 levels and BMD z-score values in obese children.

Keyphrases

bone mineral density
young adults
adipose tissue
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
risk factors
postmenopausal women
type diabetes
body composition
obese patients
bariatric surgery