Newborn size and body composition as predictors of insulin resistance and diabetes in the parents: Parthenon Birth Cohort Study, Mysore, IndiaSargoor R Veena
Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore, Karnataka, India
Diabetes Care 35:1884-90. 2012
..We aimed to examine detailed neonatal measurements as predictors of later diabetes in both parents...
Glucose tolerance and insulin resistance in Indian children: relationship to infant feeding patternS R Veena
Epidemiology Research Unit, Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, P O Box 38, Mandi Mohalla, Mysore 570021, India
Diabetologia 54:2533-7. 2011
..Our objective was to examine whether longer duration of breast-feeding and later introduction of complementary foods are associated with lower glucose concentrations and insulin resistance (IR-HOMA) in Indian children...
Early life factors and type 2 diabetes in south India: Do the associations change with age?Sargoor R Veena
Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore, Karnataka, India
J Diabetes 1:218-26. 2009
..In the present study, we evaluated changes in the strength of associations between T2DM and birth size and maternal weight with age...
Childhood cognitive ability: relationship to gestational diabetes mellitus in IndiaS R Veena
Epidemiology Research Unit, Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mandi Mohalla, P O Box 38, Mysore 570021, India
Diabetologia 53:2134-8. 2010
..Our aim was to test the hypothesis that gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in mothers is associated with poorer cognitive ability in their offspring in India...
Higher maternal plasma folate but not vitamin B-12 concentrations during pregnancy are associated with better cognitive function scores in 9- to 10- year-old children in South IndiaSargoor R Veena
Epidemiology Research Unit, Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore 570 021, South India
J Nutr 140:1014-22. 2010
..It also suggests that, in terms of neurodevelopment, the concentration used to define folate deficiency may be set too low...
Association of birthweight and head circumference at birth to cognitive performance in 9- to 10-year-old children in South India: prospective birth cohort studySargoor R Veena
Epidemiology Research Unit, Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore, Karnataka, India
Pediatr Res 67:424-9. 2010
..The effect may be specific to learning, long-term storage and retrieval, and visuospatial abilities, but this requires confirmation by further research...
Infant feeding practice and childhood cognitive performance in South IndiaSargoor R Veena
Epidemiology Research Unit, Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore, Karnataka, India
Arch Dis Child 95:347-54. 2010
..The main objective was to examine whether duration of breastfeeding and age at introduction of complementary foods are related to cognitive performance in 9- to 10-year-old school-aged children in South India...
A principal components approach to parent-to-newborn body composition associations in South IndiaSargoor R Veena
Epidemiology Research Unit, Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore, South India
BMC Pediatr 9:16. 2009
..We also compared maternal and paternal measurements (body mass index (BMI) and height) as predictors of newborn body composition...
Anthropometry, glucose tolerance, and insulin concentrations in Indian children: relationships to maternal glucose and insulin concentrations during pregnancyGhattu V Krishnaveni
Post Box 38, Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mandi Mohalla, Mysore 570021, Karnataka, India
Diabetes Care 28:2919-25. 2005
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Maternal vitamin D status during pregnancy and body composition and cardiovascular risk markers in Indian children: the Mysore Parthenon StudyGhattu V Krishnaveni
Epidemiology Research Unit, CSI Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore, India
Am J Clin Nutr 93:628-35. 2011
..Metabolic consequences of vitamin D deficiency have become a recent research focus. Maternal vitamin D status is thought to influence musculoskeletal health in children, but its relation with offspring metabolic risk is not known...
Intrauterine exposure to maternal diabetes is associated with higher adiposity and insulin resistance and clustering of cardiovascular risk markers in Indian childrenGhattu V Krishnaveni
Epidemiology Research Unit, CSI Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore, India
Diabetes Care 33:402-4. 2010
..To test the hypothesis that maternal gestational diabetes increases cardiovascular risk markers in Indian children...
Gestational diabetes and the incidence of diabetes in the 5 years following the index pregnancy in South Indian womenGhattu V Krishnaveni
CSI Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore, Karnataka, India
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 78:398-404. 2007
..001). Our findings suggest high diabetes and cardiovascular risks in women with previous GDM. Follow-up of these women after delivery would provide opportunities to modify adverse lifestyle factors...
Breastfeeding duration, age of starting solids and high BMI risk and adiposity in Indian childrenAmrit Caleyachetty
MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, UK
Matern Child Nutr 9:199-216. 2013
..However, accounting for sampling variability, these findings cannot exclude the possibility of no effect at the population level...