title: Low birth weight is not associated with type 2 diabetes in African American children in New Orleans.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We sought to determine if low birth weight (LBW) occurs more frequently in African American children with type 2 diabetes (T2D), and if patients with LBW differ metabolically.
  
  
  METHODS
  We collected birth weight, anthropometric and metabolic data from African American children with T2D born in New Orleans from clinic charts. Comparable birth weight data from all African American infants born in New Orleans were obtained from Louisiana state vital statistics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In African American patients with T2D, 14.3% had LBW compared to 13.9% in the reference population (z = 0.997, p = 0.33). There was no difference between LBW and non-LBW patients with regard to body mass index (BMI) at diagnosis, presenting insulin, c-peptide, glucose levels, or HbA1c one year post diagnosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  African American children with T2D were not enriched with LBW individuals. LBW patients were not anthropometrically or metabolically different from non-LBW T2D patients. Thus prenatal factors may not be the driving force in the development of T2D in African American children.
authors.affiliation: Louisiana State University Health Sciences, Division of Endocrinology Department of Pediatrics, New Orleans, USA.
authors.forename: Moinuddin H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Mokhashi
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mercante
authors.forename: Neal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Simonsen
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.forename: Stuart A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Chalew
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American; D000886:Anthropometry; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D055820:New Orleans / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors