(Monday, 11 April HealthDay News) - the size of wrist of overweight and obese children and adolescents may reveal those at increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to a new study.
Italian researchers measured the circumference of the wrist of 477 young overweight or are obese, average age of 10. They also used a painless nuclear imaging on about 50 of the children precisely technique for measuring fatty and bony wrist areas more.
Blood tests were then conducted to measure the rate of insulin for children and the amount of resistance to insulin.
The authors of the study concluded that represented wrist circumference 12-17% of the total variance of insulin resistance.
Insulin resistance - a condition in which the body has difficulty with insulin to break down sugar in the blood - is known for cardiovascular disease risk factor. Recent studies have shown a link between bone and blood insulin levels increased mass.
The study is published on 11 April in the journal of the movement.
"This is the first evidence that wrist circumference is strongly correlated with the evidence of insulin resistance," lead author Dr. Raffaella Buzzetti, the University of la Sapienza of Rome, said in a press release of the newspaper. "" "". Wrist Tower is easy to measure, and if our work is confirmed by future studies, circumference of wrist one day could be used to predict the risk of cardiovascular disease and insulin resistance. ?
Bone of the wrist, not the adipose tissue, which explains the resistance to insulin, the researchers said.
More information
The Nemours Foundation has more on overweight and obesity in children.
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