In an Aboriginal birth cohort, only child size and not birth size, predicts insulin and glucose concentrations in childhood

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-157

  Sayers, Susan M ^a   MacKerras, Dorothy ^a   Singh, Gurmeet ^a   Reid, Alison ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Australian Aboriginal; Birth size; Current child size; Glucose and insulin

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN METABOLISM; MALE; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP;

EID: 3042569215     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2003.12.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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