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

Seoul National University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Metabolic Syndrome

Treatments: Other: Preterm/term cohort

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02746887

1509-030-702

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 8 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

120 participants in 2 patient groups

Preterm cohort

Description:

Preterm infants with a gestational age less than 32 weeks or birth weight less than 1,500 g

Treatment:

Other: Preterm/term cohort

Term control cohort

Description:

Healthy term infants

Treatment:

Other: Preterm/term cohort