Association between Childhood Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome: Evidence from a Large Sample of Chinese Children and Adolescents

• Fangfang Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China

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• Youfa Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Youfa Wang, Jie Mi

  Affiliation Johns Hopkins, Global Center for Childhood Obesity, Department of International Health, Center for Human Nutrition, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Xiaoyi Shan,

  Affiliation College of Pharmacy and Health Science, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, United States of America

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• Hong Cheng,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China

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• Dongqing Hou,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China

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• Xiaoyuan Zhao,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China

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• Tianyou Wang,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Internal Medicine, the Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China

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• Di Zhao,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Internal Medicine, the Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China

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• Jie Mi

  Contributed equally to this work with: Youfa Wang, Jie Mi

  * E-mail: jiemi@vip.163.com

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China

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