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Familial factors confound the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and young adult offspring overweight.
International journal of epidemiology - 1 Oct 2010
Iliadou Anastasia Nyman, Koupil Ilona, Villamor Eduardo, Altman Daniel, Hultman Christina, Långström Niklas, Cnattingius Sven
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Smoking during pregnancy has been shown to increase the risks of several adverse birth outcomes. Associations with overweight and/or obesity in the offspring have also been suggested. We aim to investigate whether familial factors confound the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and overweight in early adulthood in young Swedish males born 1983-88. METHODS: In a population-based...
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