title: Low body adiposity and high leptinemia in breast-fed infants born small-for-gestational-age.
abstract: Breast-fed infants born small-for-gestational-age (SGA) (n = 28) were found to develop lower adiposity across early infancy, when compared with appropriate-for-gestational age infants (n = 46). The SGA infants were also found to have 2-fold higher (P < .001) levels of circulating leptin at 4 months. This paradoxical hyperleptinemia in early infancy may contribute to a program that produces a process from fetal underweight to adult overweight.
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. libanez@hsjdbcn.org
authors.forename: Lourdes
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ibáñez
authors.forename: Giorgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sebastiani
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: Maria Dolores
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Gómez-Roig
authors.forename: Abel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lopez-Bermejo
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: de Zegher
mesh_terms: D050154:Adiposity / Q000502:physiology*; D001823:Body Composition; D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age / Q000502:physiology*; D020738:Leptin / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D020738:Leptin