Harshpal Singh Sachdev|Caroline Fall|Clive Osmond|Lakshmy Ramakrishnan|Subrata Biswas|Sam Leary|K. Srinath Reddy|D. J. P. Barker|S. K. Bhargava
Anthropometric indicators of body composition in young adults: relation to size at birth and serial measurements of body mass index in childhood in the New Delhi birth cohort
Maulana Azad Medical College|Medical Research Council|University of Southampton|Southampton General Hospital|Sunder Lal Jain Hospital|All India Institute of Medical Sciences|Indian Council of Medical Research|Indian Council of Medical Research|Maulana Azad Medical College|Medical Research Council|University of Southampton|Southampton General Hospital|Sunder Lal Jain Hospital|All India Institute of Medical Sciences|Maulana Azad Medical College|Medical Research Council|University of Southampton|Southampton General Hospital|Sunder Lal Jain Hospital|All India Institute of Medical Sciences|Indian Council of Medical Research|Maulana Azad Medical College|Medical Research Council|University of Southampton|Southampton General Hospital|Sunder Lal Jain Hospital|All India Institute of Medical Sciences|Indian Council of Medical Research|All India Institute of Medical Sciences|Maulana Azad Medical College|Medical Research Council|University of Southampton|Southampton General Hospital|Sunder Lal Jain Hospital|Indian Council of Medical Research|Maulana Azad Medical College|Medical Research Council|University of Southampton|Southampton General Hospital|Sunder Lal Jain Hospital|All India Institute of Medical Sciences|Indian Council of Medical Research|Maulana Azad Medical College|Medical Research Council|University of Southampton|Southampton General Hospital|Sunder Lal Jain Hospital|All India Institute of Medical Sciences|Indian Council of Medical Research|Maulana Azad Medical College|Medical Research Council|University of Southampton|Southampton General Hospital|Sunder Lal Jain Hospital|All India Institute of Medical Sciences|Indian Council of Medical Research|Maulana Azad Medical College|Medical Research Council|University of Southampton|Southampton General Hospital|Sunder Lal Jain Hospital|All India Institute of Medical Sciences|Indian Council of Medical Research
background south asians musclethin adipose body phenotype high rates obesityrelated disease adult body composition may predictable early life objective anthropometric indexes adult body composition examined relation birth size body mass index bmi childhood design populationbased cohort 1526 men women aged 2632 delhi india measured sequentially birth 21 age followed adult weight height skinfold thicknesses waist hip circumferences measured bmi indexes adiposity sum skinfold thicknesses central adiposity waisthip ratio lean mass residual values adjustment bmi skinfold thicknesses height derived results mean birth weight 2851 g children many subjects underweightforage 2 sds national center health statistics mean 53 2 adults 47 overweight 11 obese 51 centrally obese according world health organization criteria birth weight positively related adult lean mass p 0001 women adiposity p 0006 unrelated central adiposity bmi birth age 21 increasingly strongly positively correlated outcomes bmi bmi gain infancy early childhood correlated strongly adult lean mass adiposity central adiposity higher bmi greater bmi gain late childhood adolescence associated increased adult adiposity central adiposity conclusions birth weight bmi gain infancy early childhood predict adult lean mass strongly adult adiposity greater bmi gain late childhood adolescence predicts increased adult adiposity