THE FIRST-BORN'S HANDICAP
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Among overweight middle-aged men, first-borns have lower insulin sensitivity than second-borns
We aimed to assess whether birth order affects metabolism and body composition in overweight middle-aged men. We studied 50 men aged 45.6 ± 5.5 years, who were overweight (BMI 27.5 ± 1.7 kg/m(2)) but otherwise healthy in Auckland, New Zealand. These included 26 first-borns and 24 second-borns. Insulin sensitivity was assessed by the Matsuda method from an oral glucose tolerance test. Other asse...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Heredity
سال: 1915
ISSN: 1465-7333,0022-1503
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a109138