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The fetal origins of coronary heart disease
2 Jun 1997
Abstract excerpt
The fetal origins of coronary heart disease Studies carried out in Hertfordshire, U.K., showed for the first time that coronary heart disease is associated with low birthweight. From 1911 onwards every baby born in the county was weighed at birth and again at one year. These weights were recorded in ledgers, which have been preserved. 15 726 men and women born during 1911-30 were traced' 121 . Death rates from...
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