Do ethnic differences in cord blood leptin levels differ by birthweight category? Findings from the Born in Bradford cohort study | Zendy

Jane West | Zendy; John Wright | Zendy; Lesley Fairley | Zendy; Naveed Sattar | Zendy; Peter H. Whincup | Zendy; Debbie A. Lawlor | Zendy

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Do ethnic differences in cord blood leptin levels differ by birthweight category? Findings from the Born in Bradford cohort study

Author(s) -

Jane West,

John Wright,

Lesley Fairley,

Naveed Sattar,

Peter H. Whincup,

Debbie A. Lawlor

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyt225

Subject(s) - medicine , leptin , cord blood , white british , birth weight , demography , cohort study , cord , cohort , ethnic group , obstetrics , pediatrics , pregnancy , obesity , population , biology , environmental health , surgery , sociology , genetics , anthropology

There is evidence that South Asian individuals have higher fat mass for a given weight than Europeans. One study reported that the greater fatness for a given birthweight may increase with increasing birth weight, suggesting that any attempt to increase mean birth weight in South Asians would markedly increase their fatness.

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