Publications by authors named "Elisabetta Lucia Romeo"
Article Synopsis
- Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) is being explored as a screening tool for central obesity and cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents, but a uniform cut-off of 0.50 may not work universally across different countries.
- A study analyzing data from 24,605 youths aged 6-18 across ten countries found that optimal WHtR cut-offs varied significantly, ranging between the 75th and 95th percentiles and generally clustering regardless of factors like sex and measurement method.
- For youths in Europe and the US, the optimal WHtR cut-off was around 0.50, while in Asian, African, and South American populations, it was lower at about 0.46, indicating the need
Aims: To evaluate the prevalence and the clinical implication of persistently elevated liver enzymes in diabetic subjects, with no evidence of viral hepatitis infection or alcohol abuse.
Methods: Clinical, lifestyle, anthropometric data and laboratory test values were collected in 916 type 2 diabetic subjects, examined for alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and γ-glutamyltranspeptidase (γ-GT) levels at two different time points.
Results: Five hundred forty four patients (59.