The associations between some biological markers, obesity, and cardiovascular risk in Slovenian children and adolescents

Introduction The occurrence of cardiovascular diseases and metabolic disorders steadily increases with the body mass index (BMI). Since the latter is not the best and earliest indicator of obesity and cardiovascular risk, the aim of the study was to evaluate some potential biological markers that would allow us to detect children and adolescents at higher risk at an early stage. Methods A sample of 330 children and adolescents were included in...