Growth in early life and childhood IQ at age 11 years: the Newcastle Thousand Families Study | Zendy

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Growth in early life and childhood IQ at age 11 years: the Newcastle Thousand Families Study

Author(s) -

Mark S. Pearce,

Ian J. Deary,

Allan H. Young,

Louise Parker

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyi038

Subject(s) - pediatrics , medicine , early childhood , demography , developmental psychology , gerontology , psychology , sociology

It has been suggested that in addition to genetic factors, fetal and post-natal growth influence childhood cognition, although it is unclear whether such an effect continues throughout childhood. This study aimed at investigating the potential relationships between childhood IQ at age 11 years and birth weight and height at the ages of 9 and 13 years, after adjusting for the confounding factors available to this investigation.

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