Are low birth weight and high birth weight infants both at an increased risk to have type 2 diabetes among schoolchildren in taiwan?
A U-shaped relationship between birth weight and risk of type 2 diabetes was found in the schoolchildren aged 6-18 years in Taiwan. Schoolchildren with type 2 diabetes who were born with low birth weight had different metabolic phenotypes compared with those born with high birth weight.
Although the interpretation of findings is limited by the sample size and the large number of phenotypes and models analyzed, these data suggest a region on chromosome 13 as a potential site for further exploration in relation to the risk for specific and social phobias.