Publications by authors named "Karen L Leibowitz"
Purpose: This study examined the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of pediatric patients with overweight/obesity compared with that of patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Methods: Differences between disease groups in their PedsQL 4.0 HRQOL survey scores were analyzed using unpaired t tests and analyses of variance.
Background: This study explored the association between maternal obesity during pregnancy and the inflammatory markers, tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6 and high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), and the cytokine, adiponectin, in the offspring.
Methods: Weight, height, Tanner stage and biomarkers were measured in thirty-four 12-year-old children, from the Infant Growth Study, who were divided into high risk (HR) and low risk (LR) groups based on maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI).
Results: The two groups differed markedly in their hs-CRP levels, but no group difference was found for the other three biomarkers.
Objectives: The present study tested whether children born at high risk (HR) compared with low risk (LR) for obesity are more likely to have a waist circumference (WC) associated with cardiovascular disease risk factors (CVDRF-WC) and tested whether CVDRF-WC status tracks over time.
Methods: This prospective cohort study involved 71 children, three to eight years, who were divided into two groups, LR (n = 37) and HR (n = 34), based upon maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI). HR subjects were subdivided into HR normal-weight (HRNW) and HR overweight (HROW) groups, based on BMI > or = 85%.