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Association of BMI and fasting insulin with cardiovascular disease risk factors in seven-year-old Icelandic children
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 09/04/09

Hrafnkelsson H et al. – Overweight children are likelier to have unfavourable levels of common CVD risk factors included in metabolic syndrome, but surprisingly had lower LDL and TC. Skinfold thickness, higher triglyceride and glucose levels, and being female were associated with increased serum insulin.

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