Body Mass Index and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents with High Birth Weight

Background/Aims: This study aimed to identify a possible association among high birth weight with overweight/obesity, high arterial blood pressure, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance in children and adolescents. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with 719 children and adolescents (6–12 years...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of nutrition and metabolism 2018-01, Vol.72 (4), p.272-278
Hauptverfasser:	Ledo, Daniel L., Suano-Souza, Fabíola Isabel, do Carmo P. Franco, Maria, Strufaldi, Maria Wany L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adolescents Anthropometry Birth Weight Blood Pressure Body Mass Index Body size Body weight Brazil Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular diseases Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology Child Child health Children Cross-Sectional Studies Dyslipidemia Dyslipidemias - epidemiology Elementary school students Female Glucose Health risks Humans Hypertension Hypertension - epidemiology Infant, Low Birth Weight Infant, Newborn Insulin Insulin Resistance Low birth weight Male Metabolic disorders Nutrition Obesity Original Paper Overweight Overweight - epidemiology Pediatric Obesity - epidemiology Physiological aspects Risk analysis Risk Factors Teenagers Weight control
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Zusammenfassung:	Background/Aims: This study aimed to identify a possible association among high birth weight with overweight/obesity, high arterial blood pressure, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance in children and adolescents. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with 719 children and adolescents (6–12 years) stratified according to birth weight (low birth weight [LBW]
ISSN:	0250-6807 1421-9697
DOI:	10.1159/000488595