Body Fatness and Cardiovascular Health in Newborn Infants

Birth weight is associated with cardiovascular disease, with those at both ends of the spectrum at increased risk. However, birth weight is a crude surrogate of fetal growth. Measures of body composition may more accurately identify high risk infants. We aimed to determine whether aortic wall thicke...

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Main Authors: Hasthi U. Dissanayake, Rowena L. McMullan, Yang Kong, Ian D. Caterson, David S. Celermajer, Melinda Phang, Camille Raynes-Greenow, Jaimie W. Polson, Adrienne Gordon, Michael R. Skilton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/7/9/270