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Overweight, obesity, and body composition in 3.5-and 7-year-old Swedish children born with marginally low birth weight
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- Lindberg, Josefine (author)
- Umeå universitet,Pediatrik
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- Norman, Mikael (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Westrup, Björn (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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Öhrman, Tove (author)
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- Domellöf, Magnus (author)
- Umeå universitet,Pediatrik
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- Berglund, Staffan K. (author)
- Umeå universitet,Pediatrik
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- Elsevier, 2015
- 2015
- English.
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In: The Journal of Pediatrics. - : Elsevier. - 0022-3476 .- 1097-6833. ; 167:6, s. 1246-1252.e3
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- Objectives: To assess the prevalence of overweight/obese children and to explore body composition in a Swedish cohort of preschool children born with marginally low birth weight (MLBW, ie, 2000-2500 g).Study design: We included 285 Swedish children with MLBW (44% small for gestational age), and 95 control children with normal birth weights. At 3.5 years and 7 years of age, we assessed anthropometrics, including the prevalence of overweight/obese children. At 7 years, dual-energy X-ray was used for body composition.Results: There were no significant differences between groups in the prevalence of overweight/obesity or in skinfold thickness; however, at 3.5 years, mean height, weight, and BMI in children with MLBW were 2.1 cm (95% CI 1.2-3.1), 1.2 kg (95% CI 0.7-1.6), and 0.47 kg/m(2) (95% CI 0.17-0.76) lower compared with controls. The corresponding mean differences also were lower in children with MLBW compared with control children at 7 years; 2.5 cm (95% CI 0.9-4.1), 1.6 kg (95% CI 0.6-2.8), and 0.48 kg/m(2) (95% CI 0.01-0.94). The differences were greater in those born small for gestational age. Dual-energy X-ray analyses showed lower fat-free mass index in MLBW infants and a similar trend in fat mass index. Within children with MLBW, BMI at 7 years correlated positively to growth velocity in infancy.Conclusion: Children with MLBW had lower BMI and did not show increased risk of overweight or obesity up to 7 years. Nevertheless, the BMI in MLBW children was positively correlated to growth-velocity in infancy.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Pediatrik (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Pediatrics (hsv//eng)
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