Research Article

The Influence of Obesity on Puberty and Insulin Resistance in Mexican Children

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Comparison of clinical findings between study groups classified by sex and Tanner stage. Boys and girls were separated, and each group was subdivided according their Tanner stage (abscise axis)—obesity and normal-weight groups. Considering the normal-weight group as reference, fasting glucose, fasting insulin, and HOMA-IR values were compared between groups of girls (a, c, e) and boys (b, d, f) at each Tanner stage. Significant differences are shown at the top of the bar with an asterisk. and . Dashed lines in HOMA-IR plot indicates the cutoff values of 3.16 (dashed top line) and 2.15 (dashed bottom line).
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