The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 5 , Pages 719-723.e1 , May 2010

Birth Weight, Family History of Diabetes, and Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents

  • Fernando Guerrero-Romero, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Research Unit, Mexican Social Security Institute, Durango, Mexico
    • Research Group on Diabetes and Chronic Illnesses, University of San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
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  • Celia Aradillas-García, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
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  • Luis E. Simental-Mendia, MD

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Research Unit, Mexican Social Security Institute, Durango, Mexico
    • Research Group on Diabetes and Chronic Illnesses, University of San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
    • ,
  • Elizabeth Monreal-Escalante, MD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
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  • Esperanza de la Cruz Mendoza, MD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
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  • Martha Rodríguez-Moran, MD, MSc, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Research Unit, Mexican Social Security Institute, Durango, Mexico
    • Research Group on Diabetes and Chronic Illnesses, University of San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Martha Rodríguez-Morán, MD, MSc, PhD, Siqueiros 225 Esq/Castañeda, 34000 Durango, Durango, Mexico.

Received 23 June 2009 ,Revised 20 October 2009 ,Accepted 12 November 2009.

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 Supported by grants from the Mexican Social Security Institute Foundation. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(09)01152-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.11.043

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 5 , Pages 719-723.e1 , May 2010

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