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The association of the 'additional height index' with atopic diseases, non-atopic asthma, ischaemic heart disease and mortality: a population-based study.
BMJ open - 28 Feb 2014
Fenger R V, Vidal C, Gonzalez-Quintela A, Husemoen L L N, Skaaby T, Aadahl M, Linneberg A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Intrauterine growth has been associated with atopic conditions. Growth and adult height have been associated with cardiovascular disease, cancers and mortality but are highly genetic traits. The objectives of the study were as follows: first, to define a height measure indicating an individual's height below or above that which could be expected based on parental height (genetic inheritance) and growth...
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