Size at birth as a predictor of mortality in adulthood: a follow-up of 350 000 person-years | Zendy

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Size at birth as a predictor of mortality in adulthood: a follow-up of 350 000 person-years

Author(s) -

Eero Kajantie,

Clive Osmond,

David J.P. Barker,

Tom Forsén,

David I. W. Phillips,

Johan G. Eriksson

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/dyi048

Subject(s) - medicine , cause of death , odds ratio , birth weight , demography , sex ratio , epidemiology , disease , pregnancy , population , biology , genetics , environmental health , sociology

Small body size at birth, as a marker of an adverse intrauterine environment, has recently emerged as an important risk factor for death from cardiovascular disease. Our aim was to study the relationship between small size at birth and all-cause and non-cardiovascular mortality, which has been poorly documented.

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