Catch–up growth in the first two years of life in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) infants is associated with lower body fat in young adolescence

• Anke Raaijmakers ,

  * E-mail: anke.raaijmakers@uzleuven.be

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, KU Leuven Department of Development and Regeneration, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8846-1650

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• Lotte Jacobs,

  Affiliation Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Maissa Rayyan,

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, KU Leuven Department of Development and Regeneration, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Theun Pieter van Tienoven,

  Affiliation Department of Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

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• Els Ortibus,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Elena Levtchenko,

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, KU Leuven Department of Development and Regeneration, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Jan A. Staessen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jan A. Staessen, Karel Allegaert

  Affiliations Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, R&D Group VitaK, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

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• Karel Allegaert

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jan A. Staessen, Karel Allegaert

  Affiliations KU Leuven Department of Development and Regeneration, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Intensive Care and Department of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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