Risk Factors Related to Metabolic Syndrome in School-aged Children Who Were Born Preterm

Risk Factors Related to Metabolic Syndrome in School-aged Children Who Were Born Preterm

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

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