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Association Between Hematological Parameters And Metabolically Unhealthy Phenotypes In Children And Adolescents., Gabriel Jose Horta-Baas, Maria Luisa Pizano Zarate, Jorge Arturo Nuñez-Hernandez, Alvaro Jose Montiel Jarquin, María Del Socorro Romero Figueroa
Association Between Hematological Parameters And Metabolically Unhealthy Phenotypes In Children And Adolescents., Gabriel Jose Horta-Baas, Maria Luisa Pizano Zarate, Jorge Arturo Nuñez-Hernandez, Alvaro Jose Montiel Jarquin, María Del Socorro Romero Figueroa
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
Objective. Metabolic syndrome has been associated with changes in the composition of circulating blood cells. Hematologic indices can be used to identify the subjects at risk of metabolically unhealthy phenotype (MUP). This study investigated whether hematological indices can serve as biomarkers to distinguish metabolically healthy phenotype (MHP) from MUP in children and adolescents. Methods. Two hundred ninety-two children and adolescents were enrolled in a cross-sectional study. The MUP was diagnosed using consensus-based criteria proposed by Damanhoury et al. Group comparisons were performed using one-way ANOVA. To examine if sex, age group, nutritional status, puberty, hematological parameters, and insulin resistance were …