The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 148, Issue 2 , Pages 176-182 , February 2006

Nontraditional cardiovascular risk factors in pediatric metabolic syndrome

Received 19 May 2005 ,Revised 19 July 2005 ,Accepted 1 August 2005.

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 Supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (91-DK-01 and 1-R21-DK-44597-01), the Ontario Ministry of Health (no. 04307) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

PII: S0022-3476(05)00770-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2005.08.025

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 148, Issue 2 , Pages 176-182 , February 2006

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