Increasing Maternal Age Is Associated with Taller Stature and Reduced Abdominal Fat in Their Children

BACKGROUND: Maternal age at childbirth continues to increase worldwide. We aimed to assess whether increasing maternal age is associated with changes in childhood height, body composition, and metabolism. METHODS: 277 healthy pre-pubertal children, born 37–41 weeks gestation were studied. Assessment...

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Autores principales: Savage, Tim, Derraik, José G. B., Miles, Harriet L., Mouat, Fran, Hofman, Paul L., Cutfield, Wayne S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3604016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23527040
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058869

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3604016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23527040
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058869

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