Metabolic Syndrome
Conditions
Brief summary
This is a follow-up cohort study of 8 years old children born preterm at Seoul National University Children's Hospital in Korea from 2008-2009. The children will visit outpatient clinics for examinations regarding growth, obesity and other risk factors related to metabolic syndrome. The purpose of this study is to compare growth and risk factors of metabolic syndrome among children born preterm and children born healthy term at school age
Interventions
OTHERPreterm/term cohort
Sponsors
Seoul National University Hospital
Study design
Observational model
CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
8 Years to 8 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Very low birth weight infants and/or born less than 32 weeks of gestation age * Healthy term infants for control group * Parents and children accept of participation
Exclusion criteria
* Major congenital anomalies * Neuromuscular disease * Chromosomal anomalies * Patients receiving growth hormone therapy * Primary hypothyroidism
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| number of participants with abnormal laboratory values and/or abnormal physical status | at 8 years corrected age |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The number of participants with catch-up growth failure | at 8 years corrected age |
| The number of participants with hypertension | at 8 years corrected age |
Countries
South Korea
Contacts
Primary ContactSeung Han Shin, MD
Backup ContactYoung Hwa Jung, MD
Outcome results
None listed