Fetal programming of body composition: Relation between birth weight and body composition measured with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and anthropometric methods in older Englishmen

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 980-987

  Kensara, Osama A ^a   Wootton, Steve A ^a   Phillips, David I ^b   Patel, Mayke ^b   Jackson, Alan A ^a   Elia, Marinas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Body composition; Body mass index; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Fat; Fat distribution; Lean mass; Muscle programming; Skinfold thickness; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE MASS; PREDICTION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOFT TISSUE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIODENSITOMETRY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 32944472635     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/82.5.980     Document Type: Article

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