Original Article

Early menarche is a risk factor of short stature in young Korean female: Epidemiologic study

• Sol Kang
• Yoon Mo Kim
• Jun Ah Lee
• Dong Ho Kim
• Jung Sub Lim

Risk factors for childhood overweight and obesity in Ukraine and Germany

• Vira Yakovenko
• Laura Henn
• Markus Bettendorf
• Natalia Zelinska
• Galyna Soloviova
• Georg F. Hoffmann
• Juergen Grulich-Henn

Associations Between Serum Uric Acid Levels and Cardiometabolic Risk, Renal İnjury in Obese and Overweight Children

• Deniz Özalp Kızılay
• Semra Şen
• Betül Ersoy

No Associations Between Serum Lipid Levels or HOMA-IR and Asthma in Children and Adolescents: a NHANES Analysis

• Min Lu
• Beirong Wu
• Rong Qiao
• Haoxiang Gu
• Ying Din
• Xiaoyan Dong

Novel Mutations in Obesity-Related Genes in Turkish Children with Non-Syndromic Early Onset Severe Obesity: A Multicentre Study

• Ayşehan Akıncı
• Doga Turkkahraman
• Ibrahim Tekedereli
• Leyla Özer
• Bahri Evren
• İbrahim Sahin
• Tarkan Kalkan
• Yusuf Çürek
• Emine Çamtosun
• Esra Doğer
• Aysun Bideci
• Ayla Güven
• Erdal Eren
• Özlem Sangün
• Atilla Çayır
• Pelin Bilir
• Ayça Törel Ergür
• Oya Ercan

Triglyceride Glucose Index as a Surrogate Measure of Insulin Sensitivity in a Caucasian Pediatric Population

• Valeria Calcaterra
• Chiara Montalbano
• Annalisa de Silvestri
• Gloria Pelizzo
• Corrado Regalbuto
• Valeria Paganelli
• Riccardo Albertini
• Francesco Delle Cave
• Daniela Larizza
• Hellas Cena

Can Nesfatin-1 Predict Hypertension in Obese Children?

• Hatice Güneş
• Filiz Alkan Baylan
• Hakan Güneş
• Fatih Temiz

Relations of Macular Variability with Anthropometric Measurements, Metabolic Parameters and Inflammatory Markers in Children and Adolescents with Metabolic Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study

• Hakan Öztürk
• Bediz Özen
• Gönül Çatlı
• Bumin Dündar

Prevalence of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in Children with Type 1 Diabetes: A comparative assessment based on criteria established by WHO, IDF and NCEP

• Özlem YAYICI KÖKEN
• Cengiz KARA
• Gülay CAN YILMAZ
• Hasan Murat AYDIN

Evaluation of Renal Function in Obese Children and Adolescents Using Serum Cystatin C Levels, Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Formulae and Proteinuria: Which is most Useful?

• Dilşah Önerli Salman
• Zeynep Şıklar
• Eda Nisa Çullas İlarslan
• Z. Birsin Özçakar
• Pınar Kocaay
• Merih Berberoğlu

The Effect of Insulin Resistance and Obesity on Low-Density Lipoprotein Particle Size in Children

• Mehmet Emre Taşcılar
• Tolga Özgen
• Murat Cihan
• Ayhan Abacı
• Ediz Yeşilkaya
• İbrahim Eker
• Muhiddin Serdar

Gender Differences in Cardiovascular Risks of Obese Adolescents in the Bronx

• Ping Zhou
• Ronak S. Chaudhari
• Zoltan Antal

Remarkable Increase in the Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among School Age Children in Antalya, Turkey, Between 2003 and 2015

• Gamze Çelmeli
• Yusuf Çürek
• Zümrüt Arslan Gülten
• Mehmet Yardımsever
• Mustafa Koyun
• Sema Akçurin
• İffet Bircan

Lack of Association Between Peripheral Activity of Thyroid Hormones and Elevated TSH Levels in Childhood Obesity

• Denisa Lobotková
• Daniela Staníková
• Juraj Staník
• Ol’ga Cervenová
• Vladimír Bzdúch
• L’ubica Tichá

Long-Term Treatment with n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids as a Monotherapy in Children with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

• Mehmet Boyraz
• Özgür Pirgon
• Bumin Dündar
• Ferhat Çekmez
• Nihal Hatipoğlu

Restless Legs Syndrome and Poor Sleep Quality in Obese Children and Adolescents

• Rıza Taner Baran
• Müge Atar
• Özgür Pirgon
• Serkan Filiz
• Meral Filiz

Thyroid Function in Obese Children with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

• Hüseyin Bilgin
• Özgür Pirgon

Serum Paraoxonase/Arylesterase Activity and Oxidative Stress Status in Children with Metabolic Syndrome

• Erdal Eren
• Mahmut Abuhandan
• Abdullah Solmaz
• Abdullah Taşkın

Evaluation of Unfavorable Cardiovascular and Metabolic Risk Factors in Children and Young Adults with Haemophilia

• Melek Yıldız
• Nihal Özdemir
• Hasan Önal
• Başak Koç
• Beyza Eliuz Tipici
• Bülent Zülfikar

The Relationship Between Leptin and Norepinephrine Levels During OGTT in Normotensive and Hypertensive Obese Adolescents

• Ping Zhou
• Raphael David
• Bina Shah

Elevated Urinary T Helper 1 Chemokine Levels in Newly Diagnosed Hypertensive Obese Children

• Duygu Övünç Hacıhamdioğlu
• Cengiz Zeybek
• Faysal Gök
• Aysel Pekel
• Uğur Muşabak

Relationship Between Aspartate Aminotransferase-to-Platelet Ratio Index and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Obese Adolescents with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

• Ahmet Sert
• Özgür Pirgon
• Ebru Aypar
• Hakan Yılmaz
• Bumin Dündar

Mitochondrial ATPase Subunit 6 and Cytochrome B Gene Variations in Obese Turkish Children

• Durkadın Demir
• Doğa Türkkahraman
• Anıl Aktaş Samur
• Güven Lüleci
• Sema Akçurin
• Özgül M. Alper

Relationship Between Functional Exercise Capacity and Lung Functions in Obese Chidren

• İlker Tolga Özgen
• Erkan Çakır
• Emel Torun
• Alper Güleş
• Merve Nur Hepokur
• Yaşar Cesur

Assessment of Cardiovascular Parameters in Obese Children and Adolescents with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

• Beray Selver Eklioğlu
• Mehmet Emre Atabek
• Nesibe Akyürek
• Hayrullah Alp

Prevalence of Dyslipidemia and Associated Factors in Obese Children and Adolescents

• Selin Elmaoğulları
• Derya Tepe
• Seyit Ahmet Uçaktürk
• Fatma Karaca Kara
• Fatma Demirel

The Effects of Passive Smoking on the Six-Minute Walk Test in Obese Pediatric Cases

• Nazan Kaymaz
• Şule Yıldırım
• Mustafa Tekin
• Hakan Aylanç
• Fatih Battal
• Naci Topaloğlu
• Fatih Binnetoğlu
• Ayla Akbal

Perceived Expressed Emotion, Emotional and Behavioral Problems and Self-Esteem in Obese Adolescents: A Case-Control Study

• Merve Çolpan
• Şafak Eray
• Erdal Eren
• Ayşe Pınar Vural

Insulin Resistance as Related to Psychiatric Disorders in Obese Children

• Deniz Özalp Kızılay
• Şermin Yalın Sapmaz
• Semra Şen
• Yekta Özkan
• Betül Ersoy

Review

Current Status of Childhood Obesity and its Associated Morbidities in Turkey

• Abdullah Bereket
• Zeynep Atay

Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin in Children and Adolescents

• Banu Aydın
• Stephen J. Winters

Insulin Resistance, Prediabetes, Metabolic Syndrome: What Should Every Pediatrician Know?

• Ahmad Ighbariya
• Ram Weiss

Maternal Obesity and its Short- and Long-Term Maternal and Infantile Effects

• Levent Korkmaz
• Osman Baştuğ
• Selim Kurtoğlu

Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents

• Neslihan Koyuncuoğlu Güngör

The Role of Urbanization in Childhood Obesity

• Özgür Pirgon
• Nagehan Aslan

Original Research

ß-3AR W64R Polymorphism and 30-Minute Post-Challenge Plasma Glucose Levels in Obese Children

• Hasibe Verdi
• Sibel Tulgar Kınık
• Yaprak Yılmaz Yalçın
• Nursel Muratoğlu Şahin
• Ayşe Canan Yazıcı
• F. Belgin Ataç

Association Between the Corrected QT Interval and Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in Obese Children

• Ayla Güven
• Tolga Özgen
• Olcay Güngör
• Murat Aydın
• Kemal Baysal

Relationship between Neck Circumference and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Childhood Obesity

• Nihal Hatipoğlu
• Serap Doğan
• M. Mümtaz Mazıcıoğlu
• Selim Kurtoğlu

Alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone and Agouti-Related Protein: Do They Play a Role in Appetite Regulation in Childhood Obesity?

• Aysel Vehapoğlu
• Serdar Türkmen
• Şule Terzioğlu

Cardiac Autonomic Functions in Obese Children

• Mehmet Emre Taşçılar
• Mehmet Yokuşoğlu
• Mehmet Boyraz
• Oben Baysan
• Cem Köz
• Ruşen Dündaröz

Social Anxiety, Depression and Self-Esteem in Obese Adolescent Girls with Acanthosis Nigricans

• Özgür Pirgon
• Gonca Sandal
• Cem Gökçen
• Hüseyin Bilgin
• Bumin Dündar

Evaluation of Periaortic Adiposity and Metabolic Disorders in Obese Children

• Beray Selver Eklioğlu
• Mehmet Emre Atabek
• Nesibe Akyürek
• Hayrullah Alp

Prediabetes and Cardiovascular Parameters in Obese Children and Adolescents

• Beray Selver Eklioğlu
• Mehmet Emre Atabek
• Nesibe Akyürek
• Hayrullah Alp

Insulin Resistance in Obese Children and Adolescents: HOMA-IR Cut-Off Levels in the Prepubertal and Pubertal Periods

• Selim Kurtoğlu
• Nihal Hatipoğlu
• Mümtaz Mazıcıoğlu
• Mustafa Kendirici
• Mehmet Keskin
• Meda Kondolot

Evaluation of Nutritional Status in Turkish Adolescents as Related to Gender and Socioeconomic Status

• Işıl Özgüven
• Betül Ersoy
• Ali Aykan Özgüven
• Pınar Dündar Erbay

Waist Circumference and Mid-Upper Arm Circumference in Evaluation of Obesity in Children Aged Between 6 and 17 Years

• M. Mümtaz Mazıcıoğlu
• Nihal Hatipoğlu
• Ahmet Öztürk
• Betül Çiçek
• H. Bahri Üstünbaş
• Selim Kurtoğlu

Thyroid Function and Thyroid Autoimmunity in Relation to Weight Status and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents: A Population-Based Study

• Emilio García-García
• María A. Vázquez-López
• Eduardo García-Fuentes
• Rafael Galera-Martínez
• Carolina Gutiérrez-Repiso
• Icíar García-Escobar
• Antonio Bonillo-Perales

Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents in Eastern Turkey

• Sevil Arı Yuca
• Cahide Yılmaz
• Yaşar Cesur
• Murat Doğan
• Avni Kaya
• Murat Başaranoğlu

Melanocortin-4 Receptor Gene Mutations in a Group of Turkish Obese Children and Adolescents

• Selma Tunç
• Korcan Demir
• Fatma Ajlan Tükün
• Cihan Topal
• Filiz Hazan
• Burcu Sağlam
• Özlem Nalbantoğlu
• Melek Yıldız
• Behzat Özkan

The Relationship of Disordered Eating Attitudes with Stress Level, Bone Turnover Markers, and Bone Mineral Density in Obese Adolescents

• Aslı Okbay Güneş
• Müjgan Alikaşifoğlu
• Ezgi Şen Demirdöğen
• Ethem Erginöz
• Türkay Demir
• Mine Kucur
• Oya Ercan

Urinary Netrin-1: A New Biomarker for the Early Diagnosis of Renal Damage in Obese Children

• Duygu Övünç Hacıhamdioğlu
• Bülent Hacıhamdioğlu
• Demet Altun
• Tuba Müftüoğlu
• Ferhan Karademir
• Selami Süleymanoğlu

The Role of Active Video-Accompanied Exercises in Improvement of the Obese State in Children: A Prospective Study from Turkey

• Fatma Duman
• Mehmet Hanifi Kokaçya
• Esra Doğru
• Nihan Katayıfcı
• Özden Canbay
• Fatma Aman

Pseudohypoparathyroidism Type 1A-Subclinical Hypothyroidism and Rapid Weight Gain as Early Clinical Signs: A Clinical Review of 10 Cases

• Simon Kayemba-Kay’s
• Cedric Tripon
• Anne Heron
• Peter Hindmarsh

Effect of Cytokine Signaling 3 Gene Polymorphisms in Childhood Obesity

• Mehmet Boyraz
• Ediz Yeşilkaya
• Fatih Ezgü
• Aysun Bideci
• Haldun Doğan
• Korkut Ulucan
• Peyami Cinaz

Original Article

Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Danish Lean and Obese Children and Adolescents

• Maria Dahl
• Johanne Dam Ohrt
• Cilius Esmann Fonvig
• Julie Tonsgaard Kloppenborg
• Oluf Pedersen
• Torben Hansen
• Jens-Christian Holm

An Assessment of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in Non-Diabetic Obese Children and Adolescents

• Bediz Özen
• Hakan Öztürk
• Gönül Çatlı
• Bumin Dündar

Neck Circumference to Assess Obesity in Preschool Children

• Meda Kondolot
• Duygu Horoz
• Serpil Poyrazoglu
• Arda Borlu
• Ahmet Öztürk
• Selim Kurtoglu
• Mümtaz M. Mazicioglu

The Relationship between Serum Zonulin Level and Clinical and Laboratory Parameters of Childhood Obesity

• Tuncay Küme
• Sezer Acar
• Hale Tuhan
• Gönül Çatlı
• Ahmet Anık
• Özlem Gürsoy Çalan
• Ece Böber
• Ayhan Abacı

Prevalence and Correlates of Obesity in Schoolchildren from the City of Bursa,Turkey

• Halil Sağlam
• Ömer Tarım

Hypovitaminosis D in Obese and Overweight Schoolchildren

• Filiz Mine Çizmecioğlu
• Nilay Etiler
• Uzay Görmüş
• Onur Hamzaoğlu
• Şükrü Hatun

The Effect of Parental Socioeconomic Class on Children’s Body Mass Indices

• Ibrahim Al Alwan
• Areej Al Fattani
• Nick Longford

Association Between Obesity and Parental Weight Status in Children and Adolescents

• Maryam Bahreynian
• Mostafa Qorbani
• Bita Moradi Khaniabadi
• Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh
• Omid Safari
• Hamid Asayesh
• Roya Kelishadi

Serum Irisin and Oxytocin Levels as Predictors of Metabolic Parameters in Obese Children

• Çiğdem Binay
• Cem Paketçi
• Savaş Güzel
• Nedim Samancı

The Relationship Between Serum Adiponectin, Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha, Leptin Levels and Insulin Sensitivity in Childhood and Adolescent Obesity: Adiponectin is a Marker of Metabolic Syndrome

• Ayfer Alikaşifoğlu
• E. Nazlı Gönç
• Z. Alev Özön
• Yaşar Şen
• Nurgün Kandemir

Effect of Maternal Obesity on Fetal Growth and Expression of Placental Fatty Acid Transporters

• Kui Ye
• Li Li
• Dan Zhang
• Yi Li
• Hai-Qing Wang
• Han-Lin Lai
• Chuan-Lai Hu

Plasma Amino-Terminal Propeptide of C-Type Natriuretic Peptide Concentration in Normal-Weight and Obese Children

• Seda Topçu
• Bayram Özhan
• Afra Alkan
• Mesut Akyol
• Filiz Şimşek Orhon
• Sevgi Başkan
• Betül Ulukol
• Merih Berberoğlu
• Zeynep Şıklar
• N. Lale Şatıroğlu Tufan
• A. Çevik Tufan

Serum Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Levels and Body Mass Index Percentiles in Children with Primary Hypothyroidism on Levothyroxine Replacement

• Asma Shaoba
• Sanjib Basu
• Stelios Mantis
• Carla Minutti

Is There an Association Between Cortisol and Hypertension in Overweight or Obese Children?

• Aleid JG Wirix
• Martijn JJ Finken
• Ines A von Rosenstiel-Jadoul
• Annemieke C Heijboer
• Jeroen Nauta
• Jaap W Groothoff
• Mai JM Chinapaw
• Joana E Kist-van Holthe

Original Article

Association Between Insulin Resistance and 
Oxidative Stress Parameters in Obese Adolescents with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

• Özgür Pirgon
• Hüseyin Bilgin
• Ferhat Çekmez
• Hüseyin Kurku
• Bumin Nuri Dündar

High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Levels and 
Metabolic Disorders in Obese and Overweight 
Children and Adolescents

• Konstantinos Kitsios
• Maria Papadopoulou
• Konstantina Kosta
• Nikolaos Kadoglou
• Maria Papagianni
• Kiriaki Tsiroukidou

Reevaluation of the Prevalence of Metabolic 
Syndrome in an Urban Area of Turkey

• Mehmet Emre Atabek
• Beray Selver Eklioğlu
• Nesibe Akyürek

Inflammatory Cytokine Profiles During Exercise in Obese, Diabetic, and Healthy Children

• Pietro R. Galassetti
• Jaime S. Rosa
• Shirin Heydari
• Stacy R. Oliver
• Rebecca L. Flores
• Andria M. Pontello
• Milagros Ibardolaza

The Relationship Between Metabolic Syndrome and Left Ventricular Mass Index in Obese Children

• Mehmet Emre Atabek
• Beray Selver Eklioğlu
• Esra Akyüz
• Derya Çimen

Relationships Between Osteocalcin, Glucose Metabolism and Adiponectin in Obese Children: Is there Crosstalk Between Bone Tissue and Glucose Metabolism?

• Nilay Abseyi
• Zeynep Şıklar
• Merih Berberoğlu
• Bülent Hacıhamdioğlu
• Şenay Savaş Erdeve
• Gönül Öçal

Prevalence of Obesity and Associated Risk Factors Among Adolescents in Ankara, Turkey

• Sırma Ercan
• Yıldız Bilge Dallar
• Serdar Önen
• Özlem Engiz