Childhood wrist circumference is not a predictor of insulin resistance in adulthood

Ashley N Watkins; Aaron S Kelly; Ronald J Prineas; Kara L Marlatt; Donald R Dengel; Alan R Sinaiko; Antoinette Moran; Julia Steinberger

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.12.011

Childhood wrist circumference is not a predictor of insulin resistance in adulthood

J Pediatr. 2015 Apr;166(4):1085-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.12.011. Epub 2015 Jan 13.

Authors

Ashley N Watkins¹, Aaron S Kelly², Ronald J Prineas³, Kara L Marlatt¹, Donald R Dengel¹, Alan R Sinaiko⁴, Antoinette Moran⁴, Julia Steinberger⁵

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology, School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN; Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN.
³ Department of Epidemiology & Prevention, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN. Electronic address: [email protected].

Abstract

We sought to determine whether childhood wrist circumference predicts insulin resistance in adulthood. Measures were taken in prepubertal children and then approximately 30 years later in the same subjects as adults. Our findings suggest that wrist circumference in childhood is not a predictor of insulin resistance in adulthood.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Factors
Anthropometry / methods*
Body Mass Index
Child
Female
Humans
Insulin Resistance / physiology*
Linear Models
Male
Prognosis
Risk Factors
Wrist / anatomy & histology*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

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