UK-born pakistani-origin infants are relatively more adipose than white British infants: Findings from 8704 mother-offspring pairs in the born-in-bradford prospective birth cohort

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 544-551

  West, Jane ^a   Lawlor, Debbie A ^b   Fairley, Lesley ^a   Bhopal, Raj ^c   Cameron, Noel ^d   McKinney, Patricia A ^e   Sattar, Naveed ^f   Wright, John ^a  

^a BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; MATERNAL HEALTH; SKIN;

PAKISTAN;

LEPTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIRTH WEIGHT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEPTIN; PAKISTAN; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 84885377593     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-201891     Document Type: Article

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