1. Foetal nutritional status and cardiovascular risk profile among children.
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Jian Liu and Christopher Sempos
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SCHOOL food ,CHILDREN'S health ,MALNUTRITION ,NEWBORN infants - Abstract
AbstractObjectiveTo estimate the impact of foetal nutritional status on cardiovascular risk among children with the Foetal Nutritional Status Index (FNSI), calculated by dividing the child's birth weight (BW, kg) by the mother's height (m2).DesignCross-sectional survey analysis.SettingA sample of children from the US Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.SubjectsA total of 3109 children who were 5?11 years of age and had data on BW and mother's height. Non-fasting blood samples were included.ResultsOverall, the FNSI was positively associated with BW and negatively associated with mother's height (P?
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- 2007
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