Issue: 2015, Vol. 20, No. 2
CARBOHYDRATES METABOLISM PARAMETERS IN CHILDREN WITH DIFFERENT BODY MASS
- Keywords
- obesity, carbohydrates metabolism, glucose, insulin, children
- Abstarct
- The estimation of the peculiarities of carbohydrates metabolism in 122 children with different body mass was the aim of the study. The authors did not reveal variations of average glucose indices on an empty stomach in the course of oral glucose tolerance test in the groups of children with different body mass on the background of high initial insulin level in 180 minutes after exercise test in the groups of children with obesity. Children with excessive body mass or obesity demonstrated direct correlation of HOMA-IR index with body mass, with body mass index; with waist circumference, insulin level with body mass index and with waist circumference (r = 0,32; p < 0,05).