<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tania Siahanidou</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mandyla, Helen</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Papassotiriou, Gerasimos-Peter</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Papassotiriou, Ioannis</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chrousos, George</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Circulating levels of adiponectin in preterm infants.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adiponectin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anthropometry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Birth Weight</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Body Weight</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gestational Age</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Infant</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Insulin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Leptin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Newborn</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Premature</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prospective Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Weight Gain</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007 Jul</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">92</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">F286-90</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">{OBJECTIVE: To determine circulating levels of adiponectin in preterm infants and examine possible associations with anthropometric measurements, weight gain, and leptin and insulin levels. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: A university hospital neonatal care unit. Study population: 62 preterm (mean (SD) gestational age 32.0 (2.1) weeks) and 15 full-term infants (reference group). INTERVENTIONS: Blood samples taken at discharge (40.9 (14.8) days of life) from the preterm infants and at a comparable postnatal age in full-term infants. All infants were fed the same commercial formula, but in nine preterms the formula contained long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Serum levels of adiponectin, leptin and insulin. Associations of adiponectin levels were tested only in the preterm group. RESULTS: Serum levels of adiponectin were lower in preterm (40.9 (14.8) microg/ml) than full-term infants (53.1 (16.0) microg/ml, p&lt;0.01). However, after adjustment for body weight, the influence of prematurity on adiponectin levels was no longer significant. In preterm infants, adiponectin levels independently correlated with being born small for gestational age (SGA) (beta=-0.35</style></abstract></record></records></xml>