The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 1 , Pages 67-73.e1, January 2009

The Relationship of Retinol Binding Protein 4 to Changes in Insulin Resistance and Cardiometabolic Risk in Overweight Black Adolescents

  • Elizabeth Goodman, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • Department of Pediatrics and Public Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Elizabeth Goodman, MD, Pediatric Clinical Research Center, Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington St, Box 854, Boston, MA 02111
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  • Timothy E. Graham, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Lawrence M. Dolan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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  • Stephen R. Daniels, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Denver School of Medicine, Denver, CO
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  • Eric R. Goodman, BS

      Affiliations

    • The Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
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  • Barbara B. Kahn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Received 7 April 2008; received in revised form 16 June 2008; accepted 15 July 2008. published online 11 September 2008.

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 Supported by NIH grants HD41527, DK59183, DK43051, DK69624, and M01RR 08084. B.B.K. is the recipient of a research grant from Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, consultant to Wyeth and Boehringer Ingelheim and on the speakers' bureau for Merck. S.R.D. is a consultant to Abbott and Schering-Plough. B.B.K. and T.E.G. are inventors on patent applications related to RBP4.

PII: S0022-3476(08)00598-2

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.07.018

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The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 1 , Pages 67-73.e1, January 2009

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