Early growth patterns and cardiometabolic function at the age of 5 in a multiethnic birth cohort: the ABCD study

• Main Authors: Vrijkotte Tanja GM (Author), van Eijsden Manon (Author), de Beer Marieke (Author), Gemke Reinoud JBJ (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The relation between fetal growth retardation and cardiovascular and metabolic diseases in later life has been demonstrated in many studies. However, debate exists around the potential independent role of postnatal growth acceleratio...