ESPE Abstracts

Background: Children born small-for-gestational age (SGA), especially those who experience spontaneous postnatal catch-up growth, are at increased risk for developing insulin resistance, central adiposity and cardiovascular abnormalities later in life. By age 3-6 years, SGA children have a broader aortic and carotid intima media thickness (aIMT and cIMT) which are markers of preclinical atherosclerosis.Objective: To assess longitudinally – at age 12...