Relationships of maternal and paternal birthweights to features of the metabolic syndrome in adult offspring: An inter-generational study in South India

Diabetologia

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-54

  Veena, S R ^a   Geetha, S ^a   Leary, S D ^b   Saperia, J ^b   Fisher, D J ^b   Kumaran, K ^a   Coakley, P ^b   Stein, C E ^b   Fall, C H D ^b  

^a Holdsworth Memorial Hospital   (India)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Impaired glucose tolerance; India; Insulin resistance; Inter generational effects; Maternal effects; Metabolic syndrome; Paternal effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FATHER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; INDIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOTHER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FATHERS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33845944235     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-006-0516-9     Document Type: Article

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