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Scientists at Yokohama City University, Department of Pediatrics publish research in obesity and diabetes in children

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, August 24th, 2009

A report, 'Children with type 2 diabetes mellitus are at greater risk of macrovascular complications,' is newly published data in Pediatrics International. "Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is a risk factor for macrovascular complications in adults. Recently young-onset type 2 DM has increased worldwide and the increase of macrovascular complications in the young is worrisome," scientists in Yokohama, Japan report.

"Plasma values for plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) as a marker for promotion, and adiponectin as a marker for inhibition of atherosclerosis, were compared in 33 patients with type 1 DM (16 boys, 17 girls; age 14.9 ±3.7 years, mean...

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