Birthweight and fasting glucose and insulin levels: Results from the aboriginal birth cohort study

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 112-116

  Sayers, Susan M ^a   Mott, Susan A ^b   Mann, Kay D ^c   Pearce, Mark S ^c   Singh, Gurmeet R ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84880688073     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10200     Document Type: Article

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