Syndrome X in 8-y-old Australian children: Stronger associations with current body fatness than with infant size or growth

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1301-1309

  Dwyer, T ^a   Blizzard, L ^a   Venn, A ^a   Stankovich, J M ^a   Ponsonby, A L ^a   Morleya, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Children; Fat distribution; Obesity; Syndrome X

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; CHILD GROWTH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYNDROME X;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; TASMANIA; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0036800497     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802111     Document Type: Article

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