Leptin, adiponectin, and their ratio as markers of insulin resistance and cardiometabolic risk in childhood obesity.
Christine Frithioff-BøjsøeMorten Asp Vonsild LundUlrik Lausten-ThomsenPaula L HedleyOluf PedersenMichael ChristiansenJennifer L BakerTorben HansenJens-Christian HolmPublished in: Pediatric diabetes (2019)
Independent of the degree of obesity, leptin, adiponectin, and the L/A ratio were associated with insulin resistance and other cardiometabolic comorbidities in children with overweight/obesity, but the L/A ratio exhibited stronger associations than the respective adipokines.