Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0270 |
| Title: | Growth in utero and during childhood among women who develop coronary heart disease |
| Author(s): | Forsen T, Eriksson JG, Tuomiletho J, et al. |
| Reference: | BMJ 1999;319: 10403-7 |
| Place of Study: | Finland |
| Abstract: | 3447 women born in Helsinki University Central Hospital in 1924-33 and who went to school in Helsinki were followed up. Their body size at birth had been recorded and they had an average of 10 measurements of height and weight during chilhood. The risk for these women to develop a coronary heart disease increased by 10.2% for each cm decrease in length at birth |
| Keyword(s): | birth length, birth size, birth weight, coronary heart disease |
| Discussion: | See entry 0208 (similar study by the same authors among a group of men) and entry 0248. |
| See Also: | 0208, 0248 |
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