Titre : | Growth Trajectories and Intellectual Abilities in Young Adulthood : The Helsinki Birth Cohort Study. (2009) |
Auteurs : | Katri RAIKKONEN ; David-Jp BARKER ; ERIKSSON (Johan-G) : FIN. Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care. Institute of Clinical Medicine. University of Helsinki. Helsinki. ; Tom FORSEN ; Kati HEINONEN ; Markus HENRIKSSON ; Eero KAJANTIE ; Ilmo LAAKSONEN ; LESKINEN (Jukka-T) : FIN. National Defense University. Finnish Defense Forces. Helsinki. ; Clive OSMOND ; Anu-Katriina PESONEN ; Centre for Military Medicine. Finnish Defense Forces. Lahti. FIN ; Department of Psychology. Faculty of Behavioural Sciences. University of Helsinki. Helsinki. FIN ; Institute of Health and Welfare. Helsinki. FIN |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of epidemiology (vol. 170, n° 4, 2009) |
Pagination : | 447-455 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Croissance ; Adulte ; Evolution ; Age ; Adolescent ; Enfant ; Fonction cognitive ; Intelligence ; Epidémiologie ; Homme |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS BEJ9R0x8. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Slow childhood growth is associated with poorer intellectual ability. The critical periods of growth remain uncertain. Among 2,786 Finnish male military conscripts (1952-1972) born in 1934-1944, the authors tested how specific growth periods from birth to age 20 years predicted verbal, visuospatial, and arithmetic abilities at age 20. Small head circumference at birth predicted poorer verbal, visuospatial, and arithmetic abilities. The latter 2 measures were also associated with lower weight and body mass index (weight (kg)/height (m) 2) at birth (for a 1-standard-deviation (SD) decrease in test score per SD decrease in body size>=0.05, P's=0.05, P's |