children and adults, it is not known whether altered insulin homeostasis is detectable at birth
and tracks from birth through childhood. Objective To investigate whether preterm birth is
associated with elevated plasma insulin levels at birth and whether this association persists
into early childhood. Design, Setting, and Participants A prospective birth cohort of 1358
children recruited at birth from 1998 to 2010 and followed-up with prospectively from 2005 to …