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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS A9CoR0xV. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. The "small baby syndrome hypothesis" suggests that an inverse linear relation exists between birth weight and risk of type 2 diabetes. The authors conducted a meta-analysis to examine this association. They included studies that reported odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (or data with which to calculate them) for the association of type 2 diabetes with birth weight. Fourteen studies involving a total of 132,180 persons were identified. Low birth weight (=2,500 g, was associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes (odds ratio (OR)=1.32,95% confidence interval (Cl) : 1.06,1.64). High birth weight (>4,000 g), as compared with a birth weight of
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