Increased activity of MMP‐2 in hypertensive obese children is associated with hypoadiponectinemia - Belo, Vanessa A.; Lacchini, Riccardo; Miranda, Josiane A.; Lanna, Carla M.M.; Souza‐Costa, Debora C.; Tanus‐Santos, Jose E. (Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2015)
Keywords: Adiponectin - deficiency; Adiponectin - metabolism; Adolescent; Atherosclerosis; Bands; Bioavailability; Blood pressure; Case-Control Studies; Child; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetes; Endocrinology; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Enzymes; Female; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - complications; Hypertension - metabolism; Insulin; Insulin resistance; Male; Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 - blood; Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 - metabolism; Metabolism, Inborn Errors - complications; Metabolism, Inborn Errors - metabolism; Obesity; Pathogenesis; Pediatric Obesity - complications; Pediatric Obesity - metabolism; Ratios; Regression Analysis; Teenagers; Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2 - blood; Brazil