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

Volume: 5, Issue: 12
Published: Dec 8, 2010
Abstract
Background: 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 adulthood. Our objective is to characterise associations between trajectories of adiposity across childhood and a wide range of cardiovascular risk factors measured in...
Paper Details
Title
Changes in ponderal index and body mass index across childhood and their associations with fat mass and cardiovascular risk factors at age 15.
Published Date
Dec 8, 2010
Journal
Volume
5
Issue
12
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