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. 2018 Jan 29;2018(1):CD009728. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009728.pub3
Trial name or title Insulin resistance and cognitive dysfunction in obese adolescents
Methods Study design: Randomised controlled trial
Blinding:
  1. Children: No

  2. Providers: No

  3. Outcome assessor: No


Duration of intervention: 6 months
Unit of analysis: Child
Inclusion criteria: Male and female participants 14 to 19 years of age; BMI > 99th centile; clearance by paediatric cardiologist (including evaluation of VO2max)
Exclusion criteria: Younger than 14 years of age and older than 19 years; youth with type 1 or type 2 diabetes; serious medical conditions; no clearance by cardiologist
Sample size calculation: Not provided
Participants N estimated: 50
Age: 14 to 19 years
BMI > 99th centile corrected for age
Geographical region: New York, USA
Interventions Comparison: Exercise versus wait‐list control
Intervention: Exercise programme, no further details provided
Outcomes Cognitive function: Change in neurocognitive function, no further details provided
Starting date December 2012
Contact information Siham Accacha, MD, Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism; Assistant Professor Stoney Brook School of Medicine; Principal Investigator, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York, United States, 11501
Notes Completion date: February 2016
We contacted the author to obtain data. Authors informed us that they are writing up the data for publication and no data were provided
Funding source: Not reported
Trial registration: NCT01737658 (clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01737658)