Effects of metformin administration on endocrine-metabolic parameters, visceral adiposity and cardiovascular risk factors in children with obesity and risk markers for metabolic syndrome: A pilot study

• Judit Bassols ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Judit Bassols, Abel López-Bermejo

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alopezbermejo@idibgi.org (ALB); jbassols@idibgi.org (JB)

  Affiliation Maternal-Fetal Metabolic Group, [Girona Biomedical Research Institute] IDIBGI, Salt, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8821-6655

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• José-María Martínez-Calcerrada,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Maternal-Fetal Metabolic Group, [Girona Biomedical Research Institute] IDIBGI, Salt, Spain

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• Inés Osiniri,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Laboratory, Salut Empordà Foundation, Figueres, Spain

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• Ferran Díaz-Roldán,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pediatrics, Dr. Trueta University Hospital, Girona, Spain

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• Silvia Xargay-Torrent,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pediatric Endocrinology Group, [Girona Biomedical Research Institute] IDIBGI, Salt, Spain

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• Berta Mas-Parés,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Maternal-Fetal Metabolic Group, [Girona Biomedical Research Institute] IDIBGI, Salt, Spain

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• Estefanía Dorado-Ceballos,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pediatrics, Dr. Trueta University Hospital, Girona, Spain

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• Anna Prats-Puig,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, EUSES University School, University of Girona, Girona, Spain

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• Gemma Carreras-Badosa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pediatric Endocrinology Group, [Girona Biomedical Research Institute] IDIBGI, Salt, Spain

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• Francis de Zegher,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Development & Regeneration, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Lourdes Ibáñez,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Endocrinology, Pediatric Research Institute, Sant Joan de Déu Children’s Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, [Spanish Biomedical Research Centre in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders] CIBERDEM, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain

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• Abel López-Bermejo

  Contributed equally to this work with: Judit Bassols, Abel López-Bermejo

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alopezbermejo@idibgi.org (ALB); jbassols@idibgi.org (JB)

  Affiliations Pediatrics, Dr. Trueta University Hospital, Girona, Spain, Pediatric Endocrinology Group, [Girona Biomedical Research Institute] IDIBGI, Salt, Spain

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