Original Article

Time of the Peak, Shape of the Curve and Combination of These Glucose Response Characteristics During Oral Glucose Tolerance Test as Indicators of Early Beta-Cell Dysfunction in Obese Adolescents

• Lavinia La Grasta Sabolić
• Marija Požgaj Šepec
• Maja Cigrovski Berković
• Gordana Stipančić

Associations Between Antioxidant Vitamin Status, Dietary Intake, and Retinol-Binding Protein 4 Levels in Prepubertal Obese Children After 3-Month Weight Loss Therapy

• Joanna Gajewska
• Jadwiga Ambroszkiewicz
• Katarzyna Szamotulska
• Witold Klemarczyk
• Halina Weker
• Magdalena Chełchowska

Can Nesfatin-1 Predict Hypertension in Obese Children?

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

The Significance of Thiol/Disulfide Homeostasis and Ischemia-modified Albumin Levels in Assessing Oxidative Stress in Obese Children and Adolescents

• Eda Mengen
• Seyit Ahmet Uçaktürk
• Pınar Kocaay
• Özlem Kaymaz
• Salim Neşelioğlu
• Özcan Erel

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

Gender Differences in Cardiovascular Risks of Obese Adolescents in the Bronx

• Ping Zhou
• Ronak S. Chaudhari
• Zoltan Antal

Serum Visfatin Levels, Adiposity and Glucose Metabolism in Obese Adolescents

• Derya Taşkesen
• Birgül Kirel
• Tercan Us

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

Relationship of Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness with Early Indicators of Atherosclerosis and Cardiac Functional Changes in Obese Adolescents with Metabolic Syndrome

• Bedir Akyol
• Mehmet Boyraz
• Cevriye Aysoy

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

Associations Between Serum Uric Acid Concentrations and Cardiometabolic Risk and Renal Injury in Obese and Overweight Children

• Deniz Özalp Kızılay
• Semra Şen
• Betül Ersoy

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

Diagnostic Performance of Neck Circumference and Cut-off Values for Identifying Overweight and Obese Pakistani Children: A Receiver Operating Characteristic Analysis

• Muhammad Asif
• Muhammad Aslam
• Justyna Wyszyńska
• Saima Altaf
• Shakeel Ahmad

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

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

Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Obese Children and Adolescents using Three Different Criteria and Evaluation of Risk Factors

• Özlem Sangun
• Bumin Dündar
• Muhammet Köşker
• Özgür Pirgon
• Nihal 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

The Relationship Between Glycemic Variability and Inflammatory Markers in Obese Children with Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Syndrome

• Abdurrahman Kaya
• Cemil Koçyiğit
• Gönül Çatlı
• Elif Büşra Özkan
• Bumin Nuri Dündar

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

Luteinizing Hormone Secretion during Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Stimulation Tests in Obese Girls with Central Precocious Puberty

• Hae Sang Lee
• Jong Seo Yoon
• Jin Soon Hwang

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

Food Types in the Diet and the Nutrient Intake of Obese and Non-Obese Children

• Muazzez Garipağaoğlu
• Yusuf Sahip
• Nurten Budak
• Öznur Akdikmen
• Tuğçe Altan
• Melis Baban

Hypovitaminosis D in Obese and Overweight Schoolchildren

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

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

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

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

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

Thyroid Hormone Levels in Obese Children and Adolescents with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

• Emel Torun
• İlker Tolga Özgen
• Selim Gökçe
• Sinem Aydın
• Yaşar Cesur

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

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

Other

An Obese Case with Homozygous Leptin Receptor Mutation

• Erdal Eren
• Elif Söbü
• Durmuş Doğan
• Halil Sağlam
• Johanne Le Bihan
• Karine Clément
• Ömer Tarım

The Possible Role of Mitochondrial Uncoupling Protein 2 (UCP2) Gene on the Development of Metabolic Syndrome and Platelet Count in Obese Children/Adolescents - A Preliminary Study

• Nilgün Çöl Araz
• Sibel Oğuzkan Balcı
• Muradiye Nacak
• Ayşe Balat
• Sacide Pehlivan

A Preliminary Study of the Possible Role of Cannabinoid Receptor-1 (CNR1) Gene Polymorphisms in the Development of Morbid Obesity in Obese Children

• Nilgün Çöl Araz
• Muradiye Nacak
• Sibel Oğuzkan Balcı
• Sacide Pehlivan
• Ayşe Balat