Parenthood and the risk of cardiovascular diseases among 0.5 million men and women: findings from the China Kadoorie Biobank | Zendy

Sanne A. E. Peters | Zendy; Ling Yang | Zendy; Canqing Yu | Zendy; Yiping Chen | Zendy; Zheng Bian | Zendy; Iona Y. Millwood | Zendy; Shaojie Wang | Zendy; Liqiu Yang | Zendy; Yihe Hu | Zendy; Jiaqiu Liu | Zendy; Tao Wang | Zendy; Junshi Chen | Zendy; Richard Peto | Zendy; Liming Li | Zendy; Mark Woodward | Zendy; Zhengming Chen | Zendy

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Parenthood and the risk of cardiovascular diseases among 0.5 million men and women: findings from the China Kadoorie Biobank

Author(s) -

Sanne A. E. Peters,

Ling Yang,

Canqing Yu,

Yiping Chen,

Zheng Bian,

Iona Y. Millwood,

Shaojie Wang,

Liqiu Yang,

Yihe Hu,

Jiaqiu Liu,

Tao Wang,

Junshi Chen,

Richard Peto,

Liming Li,

Mark Woodward,

Zhengming Chen

Publication year - 2016

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/dyw144

Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , biobank , demography , proportional hazards model , stroke (engine) , confidence interval , disease , lower risk , gerontology , mechanical engineering , genetics , sociology , engineering , biology

Women's parity has been associated with risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). It is unclear, however, whether it reflects biological effects of childbearing or uncontrolled socio-economic and lifestyle factors associated with childrearing. We assessed the association between number of children and incident CVD outcomes separately in women and men.

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