Childhood size is more strongly related than size at birth to glucose and insulin levels in 10-11-year-old children

Diabetologia

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 319-326

  Whincup, P H ^a   Cook, D G ^b   Adshead, F ^b   Taylor, S J C ^a   Walker, M ^a   Papacosta, O ^a   Alberti, K G M M ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Children; Glucose; Insulin; Ponderal index

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASTING; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 0031016839     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250050681     Document Type: Article

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