Factors Associated with Early Platelet Activation in Obese Children Anel Gómez García, PhD; Guillermina García Núñez, MSC; Martha Eva Viveros Sandoval, PhD; Sergio Gutierrez Castellanos, PhD; and Cleto Alvarez Aguilar, MSC
Objective: To investigate the factors associated with platelet activation in obese children. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Department of Pediatrics of Regional Hospital N° 1 of Mexican Institute of Social Security in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. Participants: 79 obese and 64 non-obese children between the ages of 5 and 10 years. Main Outcomes Measures: Obese children (body mass index [BMI] >85 in growth curves for Centers for Disease Control/National Center for Health Statistics), and the control group of 64 nonobese children (percentile