Changes in Ponderal Index and Body Mass Index across Childhood and Their Associations with Fat Mass and Cardiovascular Risk Factors at Age 15

Laura D. Howe; Kate Tilling; Li Benfield; Jennifer Logue; Naveed Sattar; Andy R. Ness; George Davey Smith; Debbie A. Lawlor

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015186

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Changes in Ponderal Index and Body Mass Index across Childhood and Their Associations with Fat Mass and Cardiovascular Risk Factors at Age 15

Laura D. Howe ,

* E-mail: laura.howe@bristol.ac.uk

Affiliations MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Kate Tilling,

Affiliation School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Li Benfield,

Affiliations MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Jennifer Logue,

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, British Heart Foundation (BHF) Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Naveed Sattar,

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, British Heart Foundation (BHF) Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Andy R. Ness,

Affiliation Department of Oral and Dental Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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George Davey Smith,

Affiliations MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Debbie A. Lawlor

Affiliations MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Changes in Ponderal Index and Body Mass Index across Childhood and Their Associations with Fat Mass and Cardiovascular Risk Factors at Age 15

Laura D. Howe,
Kate Tilling,
Li Benfield,
Jennifer Logue,
Naveed Sattar,
Andy R. Ness,
George Davey Smith,
Debbie A. Lawlor

Published: December 8, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015186

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