Adult BMI and fat distribution but not height amplify the effect of low birthweight on insulin resistance and increased blood pressure in 20-year-old South Africans

Diabetologia

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1118-1125

  Levitt, N S ^a,d   Lambert, E V ^a   Woods, D ^a   Seckl, J R ^b   Hales, C N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Catch up growth; Glucose tolerance; Insulin resistance; Low birthweight; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID STORAGE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SOUTH AFRICA; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 21344464450     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-005-1748-9     Document Type: Article

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