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Is there a correlation between white blood cell count and insulin resistance in a Korean pediatric obesity?

Pediatrics
Endocrinology
Author
Jongwoo Kim, Seon Yeong Lee
Used Parameters : PBF

Publication Year : 2018

Country : Korea

Journal : Journal of Society for development in new net environment in B&H

Objectives: We aimed to investigate correlations between the White Blood Cell (WBC) count and insulin resistance (IR) in a Korean pediatric overweight and obese population. Methods: 453 obese children (226 boys, 227 girls, aged 10-12 years) were included. Acquired measures included body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage (BF%), waist circumference, blood pressure, fasting glucose and insulin, hemoglobin, WBC count, total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), and high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C). IR was calculated using …
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