RELATIONSHIPS OF MATERNAL AND PATERNAL BIRTHWEIGHT TO FEATURES OF THE METABOLIC SYNDROME IN THE ADULT OFFSPRING: AN INTERGENERATIONAL STUDY IN SOUTH INDIA

摘要

Aims/hypothesisThe association between lower birthweight and metabolic syndrome may result from fetal undernutrition (‘fetal programming hypothesis’) and/or genes causing both low birthweight and insulin resistance (‘fetal insulin hypothesis’). We studied associations between the birthweight of parents and metabolic syndrome in the offspring.