STAGES Trial: Study of Adiposity, Growth and Endocrine Stages

Exclusion Criteria

• •Anyone who refuses participation.
• •A genetic syndrome or other endocrine disorder known to cause obesity (Prader-Willi, Cushing Syndrome, Leptin deficiency, etc.).
• •Use of the following medications: psychotropics, sulphonylurea, thiazolidinediones, insulin, glucocorticoids, anti-neoplastic agents, angiotensin receptor blocker, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors.
• •Pregnancy or history of pregnancy.
• •Active infectious disease
• •History of CVD or stroke during the previous 36 months
• •Total cholesterol 300 mg/dl, triglycerides 400 mg/dl
• •Blood pressure 140/90 mmHg
• •Fasting plasma glucose 126 mg/dl.
• •Diabetes mellitus, type 1 or 2.