| Titre : | Birth weight and length as predictors for adult height. (1999) |
| Auteurs : | H.T. SORENSEN ; P. Fischer ; M. GILLMAN ; K.J. ROTHMAN ; S. SABROE ; T.I.A. SORENSEN ; F.H. STEFFENSEN ; Danish Epidemiology Science Centre at the Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine. University of Aarhus. Aarhus. DNK |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | American journal of epidemiology (vol. 149, n° 8, 1999) |
| Pagination : | 726-729 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Poids naissance ; Nouveau né ; Homme ; Taille corporelle ; Epidémiologie ; Adulte ; Danemark ; Europe |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST HR0x5J0R. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. 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 who were residents in the study area during the period August 1,1993 to July 31,1994. The Danish Medical Birth Register contains information on all births in Denmark since January 1,1973. Data on height from the Conscription Register were linked to the Danish Medical Birth Register in 4,300 conscripts examined. Nearly all Danish men have to register with the draft board around age 18 years of age where they undergo a physical examination. There was a strong positive association between birth weight and adult height ; for subjects with birth weight <=2,500 g, mean height was 175.7 cm, while for those with birth weight >=4,501 g, mean height was 184.1 cm. A positive association was also found between birth length and adult height. For subjects with birth length<47 cm, mean adult height was 175.2 cm, increasing to 184.3 cm at birth length>56 cm. (...) |
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