Publications by authors named "Hassan A Kobaissi"

Purpose: To determine whether cardiovascular fitness (.)VO(2max) is associated with the metabolic syndrome and its individual features in overweight Latino youths.

Methods: A total of 163 overweight Latino boys and girls (body mass index (BMI) percentile = 97.

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Objective: To investigate in a population of Hispanic children if 1) the presence of acanthosis nigricans (AN) is related to insulin sensitivity (S(i)) independent of adiposity and 2) scale scoring AN severity adds to the clinical estimation of insulin sensitivity, above and beyond the presence or absence AN alone.

Research Design And Methods: The study population, 131 Hispanic overweight children (mean BMI percentile 97.0 +/- 3.

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