1. Exercise testing and adipokine levels for the evaluation of overweight and obesity in children
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Tsiroukidou, K., Papagianni, M., Elpis Hatziagorou, Galli-Tsinopoulou, A., Giannopoulos, A., and Tsanakas, I.
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Research Article - Abstract
Childhood obesity poses a global health threat. We investigated the association of the cardiopulmonary exercise testing indexes with adipokines levels and insulin resistance along with the beneficial effect of physical exercise on insulin resistance in children.Thirty-two obese, 21 overweight, and 30 normal-weight children participated in the current study, with mean age 11.98 (±1.95), 10.91 (±1.72), and 11.35 (±2.21) years, respectively. All children were clinically healthy. The children and their parents provided data on physical activity, while spirometry and maximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing were performed for the functional evaluation of the respiratory status of the study population.Leptin levels were significantly lower in normal-weight children compared to the obese ones (p0.001). Maximum quantity of oxygen (VOLeptin is significantly inversely related to VO