Associations between prenatal and infancy weight gain and BMI, fat mass, and fat distribution in young adulthood: A prospective cohort study in males and females born very preterm

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 480-487

  Euser, Anne M ^a   Finken, Martijn J J ^a   Keijzer Veen, Mandy G ^a,b   Hille, Elysée T M ^c   Wit, Jan M ^a   Dekker, Friedo W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Body composition; Body mass index; Early postnatal growth; Fat distribution; Fat free mass; Netherlands; Prematurity; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN; ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; BODY CONSTITUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INFANT; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAIST-HIP RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 14544276473     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn.81.2.480     Document Type: Article

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