ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0016.12-6 | Metabolic Syndrome | ESPEYB16

12.6. Early life adversity with height stunting is associated with cardiometabolic risk in adolescents independent of Body Mass Index

BM Reid , MM Harbin , JL Arend , AS Kelly , DR Dengel , MR Gunnar

To read the full abstract: J Pediatr 2018;202:143–149.Summary: In a case control study of 30 post-institutionalized youths compared with 90 age- and BMI percentile-matched youths living in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area, early life stress, as reflected by height-stunted growth in institutional care, was associated with cardiovascular and metabolic risk in yout...