Prevalence of Impaired Glucose Tolerance among Children and Adolescents with Marked Obesity

Sinha, Ranjana; S. Fisch, Gene; Teague, Barbara; V. Tamborlane, William; Banyas, Bruna; Eileen Allen, K.; Savoye, Mary; Rieger, Vera; E. Taksali, Sara; Barbetta, Gina; S. Sherwin, Robert; Caprio, Sonia

doi:10.1056/nejmoa012578

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Prevalence of Impaired Glucose Tolerance among Children and Adolescents with Marked Obesity

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Mar 14, 2002

Authors:

Ranjana Sinha

Gene S. Fisch

Barbara Teague

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity, epidemic in the United States, has been accompanied by an increase in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes among children and adolescents. We determined the prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance in a multiethnic cohort of 167 obese children and adolescents. METHODS: Al...

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Medicine

Impaired glucose tolerance

Proinsulin

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