Premature Birth and Later Insulin Resistance

L. Hofman, Paul; Regan, Fiona; Jackson, Wendy; Jefferies, Craig; B. Knight, David; M. Robinson, Elizabeth; S. Cutfield, Wayne

doi:10.1056/nejmoa042275

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Premature Birth and Later Insulin Resistance

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Nov 17, 2004

Authors:

Paul L. Hofman

Fiona Regan

Wendy Jackson

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Term infants who are small for gestational age appear prone to the development of insulin resistance during childhood. We hypothesized that insulin resistance, a marker of type 2 diabetes mellitus, would be prevalent among children who had been born prematurely, irrespective of whether t...

Subject

Medicine

Insulin resistance

Gestational diabetes

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