Cord Blood Metabolome Is Highly Associated with Birth Weight, but Less Predictive for Later Weight Development
Background/Aims: Fetal metabolism may be changed by the exposure to maternal factors, and the route to obesity may already set in utero.Cord blood metabolites might predict growth patterns and later obesity.We aimed to characterize associations of cord blood with birth weight, postnatal weight gain, and BMI in adolescence.Methods: Over 700 cord blo