First-borns carry a higher metabolic risk in early adulthood: Evidence from a prospective cohort study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Siervo, Mario ^a   Horta, Bernardo L ^b   Stephan, Blossom C M ^c   Victora, Cesar G ^b   Wells, Jonathan C K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANCY; MALE; METABOLIC RISK; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; WEIGHT GAIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649757872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013907     Document Type: Article

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