Associations of birthweight and history of childhood obesity with beta cell mass in Japanese adults.
Hironobu SasakiYoshifumi SaishoJun InaishiYuusuke WatanabeTami TsuchiyaMasayoshi MakioMidori SatoMinoru KitagoTaketo YamadaHiroshi ItohPublished in: Diabetologia (2020)
Birthweight and beta, but not alpha, cell mass are positively correlated in non-diabetic adults, and a history of childhood obesity may affect beta cell mass. Graphical abstract.