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SUBMITTER: Flannagan KS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6827434 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Flannagan Kerry S KS Gahagan Sheila S Das Arun K AK Burrows Raquel A RA Lozoff Betsy B Villamor Eduardo E
Annals of nutrition & metabolism 20190807 1
<h4>Background</h4>Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) status in childhood may be associated with adiposity development.<h4>Objective</h4>To assess associations of serum PUFA biomarkers in childhood with change in body mass index (BMI)-for-age Z scores (BMIZ) through adolescence.<h4>Methods</h4>We quantified serum PUFA at ages 5 and 10 years among 418 children from Santiago, Chile. BMI was measured at 5, 10, and 16 years. We compared BMIZ change through age 16 years between quartiles of PUFA at 5 ...[more]