Associations between waist circumference, metabolic risk and executive function in adolescents: A cross-sectional mediation analysis

The main objective of this study was to investigate the associations between waist circumference, metabolic risk factors, and executive function in adolescents.The study was cross-sectional and included 558 adolescents (mean age 14.2 years). Anthropometrics and systolic blood pressure (sysBP) were measured and fasting blood samples were analyzed for metabolic risk factors. A metabolic risk factor cluster score (MetS-cluster score) was computed...