Changes in ponderal index and body mass index across childhood and their associations with fat mass and cardiovascular risk factors at age 15

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Howe, Laura D ^a   Tilling, Kate ^a   Benfield, Li ^a   Logue, Jennifer ^b   Sattar, Naveed ^b   Ness, Andy R ^a   Smith, George Davey ^a   Lawlor, Debbie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENCE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; INFANT; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78650106528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015186     Document Type: Article

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