Changes in ponderal index and body mass index across childhood and their associations with fat mass and cardiovascular risk factors at age 15.

Changes in ponderal index and body mass index across childhood and their associations with fat mass and cardiovascular risk factors at age 15.

<h4>Background</h4>Little is known about whether associations between childhood adiposity and later adverse cardiovascular health outcomes are driven by tracking of overweight from childhood to adulthood and/or by vascular and metabolic changes from childhood overweight that persist into...

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Main Authors: Laura D Howe, Kate Tilling, Li Benfield, Jennifer Logue, Naveed Sattar, Andy R Ness, George Davey Smith, Debbie A Lawlor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0015186&type=printable
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