Are metabolic syndrome antecedents in prepubertal children associated with being born idiopathic large for gestational age?

Introduction Being born large for gestational age (LGA) is a risk factor for development of metabolic syndrome (MS) in adolescents and adults. Objective To evaluate prepubertal children born idiopathic LGA to non-obese mothers without gestational diabetes or glucosuria with respect to the presence of MS antecedents. Patients and methods We conducted a cross-sectional study to compare 40 (19 F) LGA-born prepubertal children of a mean age of 6.1 ±...