Open AccessGrowth before 2 years of age and serum lipids 60 years later: The Helsinki Birth Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Eero Kajantie,
D J Barker,
Clive Osmond,
Tom Forsén,
Johan G. Eriksson
Publication year - 2008
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/dyn012
Subject(s) - body mass index , medicine , cohort study , coronary heart disease , cohort , demography , stroke (engine) , pediatrics , mechanical engineering , sociology , engineering
Small body size at birth and slow growth during the first 2 years after birth, leading to low body mass index (BMI) at 2 years, are associated with coronary heart disease and stroke in adult life. We tested the hypothesis that this path of growth is associated with an atherogenic lipid profile in later life.
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