A performance review of novel adiposity indices for assessing insulin resistance in a pediatric Latino population.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Body mass index (BMI) percentile or BMI adjusted for age and sex is the most common anthropometric index to monitor and assess obesity in children. However, the ability of BMI to accurately predict insulin resistance (IR) in youth is debated. Determining the best method to noninvasively measure IR in the pediatric population is especially important due to the growing prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), which is more likely to develop in people with IR. Therefore, this study analyzed the performance of BMI against newer anthropometric indices in assessing IR in a pediatric Latino identifying sample.

Methods

We studied 127 pediatric Latino participants from the Arizona Insulin Resistance (AIR) registry and performed linear regression analyses between va

SUBMITTER: McGraw MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9582658 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature