Response to Comment on: Jeffery et al. Age Before Stage: Insulin Resistance Rises Before the Onset of Puberty: A 9-Year Longitudinal Study (EarlyBird 26). Diabetes Care 2012;35:536–541 | Zendy

Alison Jeffery | Zendy; Brad Metcalf | Zendy; Joanne Hosking | Zendy; Adam Streeter | Zendy; L D Voss | Zendy; Terence J. Wilkin | Zendy

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Response to Comment on: Jeffery et al. Age Before Stage: Insulin Resistance Rises Before the Onset of Puberty: A 9-Year Longitudinal Study (EarlyBird 26). Diabetes Care 2012;35:536–541

Author(s) -

Alison Jeffery,

Brad Metcalf,

Joanne Hosking,

Adam Streeter,

L D Voss,

Terence J. Wilkin

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

diabetes care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636

H-Index - 363

eISSN - 1935-5548

pISSN - 0149-5992

DOI - 10.2337/dc12-0774

Subject(s) - medicine , insulin resistance , diabetes mellitus , longitudinal study , birth weight , population , pediatrics , demography , endocrinology , gerontology , pregnancy , environmental health , sociology , biology , genetics , pathology

We thank Thukral et al. (1) for their interest in our article (2) and welcome the opportunity to respond. We are aware of the findings of Bavdekar et al. (3) who reported on Indian children studied at the age of 8 years in whom low birth weight was associated with insulin resistance. In our population of Caucasian children, the mean birth weight was 3.5 kg (SD 0.56), and only 5% weighed …

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