Health Profile of Young Adults Born Preterm: Negative Effects of Rapid Weight Gain in Early Life | Zendy

Gerthe F. Kerkhof | Zendy; Ruben H. Willemsen | Zendy; Ralph W. J. Leunissen | Zendy; P. E. Breukhoven | Zendy; Anita Hokken-Koelega | Zendy

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Health Profile of Young Adults Born Preterm: Negative Effects of Rapid Weight Gain in Early Life

Author(s) -

Gerthe F. Kerkhof,

Ruben H. Willemsen,

Ralph W. J. Leunissen,

P. E. Breukhoven,

Anita Hokken-Koelega

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2012-1716

Subject(s) - weight gain , medicine , waist , birth weight , body mass index , endocrinology , quartile , gestational age , obesity , pregnancy , body weight , biology , confidence interval , genetics

Early postnatal weight gain is associated with determinants of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) in adults born term. We aimed to investigate the association of weight gain during different periods, and weight trajectories in early life after preterm birth, with determinants of CVD and DM2 in early adulthood.

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