Does metabolomic profile differ with regard to birth weight?
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Thorhallur I. Halldorsson; Piero Rinaldo; Leifur Franzson; Reynir Tómas Geirsson; Thordur Thorkelsson; Ragnar Bjarnason; Harpa Vidarsdottir
- Source
- Pediatric Research. 89:1144-1151
- Subject
- Free carnitine
Newborn screening
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Obstetrics
Succinylcarnitine
Birth weight
Confounding
Gestational age
03 medical and health sciences
Low birth weight
0302 clinical medicine
030225 pediatrics
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Medicine
Child obesity
medicine.symptom
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
- Language
- ISSN
- 1530-0447
0031-3998
Macrosomia and child obesity are growing health-care issues worldwide. The purpose of the study was to evaluate how extremely high or low birth weight affects metabolic markers evaluated in newborn screening. The study was register-based and included full-term singletons born in Iceland from 2009 to 2012 with newborn screening samples taken 72–96 h after birth. Three groups based on birth weight were compared: low birth weight (