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Neonatal anthropometry: thin-fat phenotype in fourth to fifth generation South Asian neonates in Surinam.
International journal of obesity (2005) - 1 Nov 2009
van Steijn L, Karamali N S, Kanhai H H H, Ariëns G A M, Fall C H D, Yajnik C S, Middelkoop B J C, Tamsma J T
Abstract excerpt
We assessed whether the earlier described 'thin-fat phenotype' is present in Surinam South Asian babies of the fourth to fifth generation after migration from India. In this observational study we collected data from 39 South Asian term neonates and their mothers in Paramaribo, Surinam. We compared the following data with data from an earlier study in Southampton, UK (338 neonates) and in Pune, India (631...
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