Growth in utero and during childhood among women who develop coronary heart disease: longitudinal study

Abstract

Coronary heart disease among both women and men reflects poor prenatal nutrition and consequent small body size at birth combined with improved postnatal nutrition and "catch up" growth in childhood. The disease is associated with reductions in those aspects of body proportions at birth that distinguish the two sexes-short body length in women and thinness in men.

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MedicineHazard ratioBirth weightOverweightCohort studyLow birth weightObstetricsCohortLongitudinal studyHeart diseasePregnancyPediatricsObesityDemographyConfidence intervalInternal medicineBiology

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Year: 1999
Type: article
Volume: 319
Issue: 7222
Pages: 1403-1407
Citations: 484
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                                    Tom Forsén, 
                                
                                    Johan G. Eriksson, 
                                
                                    Jaakko Tuomilehto
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1999). 
                            Growth in utero and during childhood among women who develop coronary heart disease: longitudinal study. 
                            BMJ
                            , 319
                            (7222)
                            , 1403-1407.
                            https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.319.7222.1403
                        

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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7222.1403