Head size at birth and long-term mortality from coronary heart disease | Zendy

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Head size at birth and long-term mortality from coronary heart disease

Author(s) -

Kari Risnes,

Tom Nilsen,

Pål Romundstad,

Lars J. Vatten

Publication year - 2009

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/dyp169

Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , body mass index , demography , cohort , population , heart disease , cohort study , birth weight , obesity , intrauterine growth restriction , pediatrics , pregnancy , biology , fetus , environmental health , genetics , sociology

Many studies have shown that low birthweight is associated with increased risk of heart disease in adulthood. It is controversial whether this association is caused by genetic or non-genetic factors, and whether life course exposures, such as adult overweight, could modify the association. We have studied the association of head circumference at birth with later deaths from coronary heart disease (CHD), and assessed whether maternal height and adult body mass could modify the association.

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