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Influence of neonatal anthropometry on the comorbidities of the patient with obesity

Abstract:

Introduction Small for gestational age (SGA) newborns show an increased risk of several diseases such as short stature, childhood obesity, Eliminar la comand metabolic comorbidities. Patients and methods The study included 883 patients with obesity (47% females/53% males; mean age: 10.33 ± 3.32 years, BMI: +3.93 ± 1.42 SDS), with prospective follow-up (5 years) of growth, recording adult height when achieved (n = 104). Comparisons at diagnosis, according to their neonatal anthropometry; adequate for gestational age (AGA; n = 810) vs. SGA (n = 73), were performed for the following features: age at their first visit, standardised height for target height (z-score), bone age, adult height prediction, BMI (z-score), glycaemia, insulinaemia, HOMA, total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides, 25-OH-vitamin D, area under the curve (AUC) for glucose and insulin in the OGTT, LDL/HDL and triglyceride/HDL ratio, insulin …