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Birth weight and length as predictors for adult height.

American journal of epidemiology - 15 Apr 1999

Sørensen H T, Sabroe S, Rothman K J, Gillman M, Steffensen F H, Fischer P, Sørensen T I

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Adult height has been found to be inversely associated with mortality. Recently, it has been suggested that growth in utero is linked with adult risk of several chronic diseases. The authors examined possible associations between birth weight, birth length, and adult height in young Danish men. They conducted the study in the fifth conscription district of Denmark including all the men born after January 1, 1973...

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PMID: 10206622
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009881

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