Arterial stiffness indices, pulse wave velocity and central systolic blood pressure, are able to discriminate between obese and non-obese children.

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"Declarations Ethics approvalAll procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was approved by the Bioethics Committee of the Faculdade Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais under the protocol number 08812019000005134. Consent to participateInformed assent was obtained from all minors’ participants included in the study. Written informed consent was obtained from the parents or legal guardians. Consent for publicationAll parents or legal guardians provided informed consent regarding the publishing of data about their children. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"This work was supported by the Fundação Educacional Lucas Machado – FELUMA, Faculdade Ciências Médicas-Minas Gerais (FCM-MG), Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde. Scheinbein, GHA is undergraduate student from medical course from FCM-MG."