Inverse association between birth weight, birth length and serum total cholesterol in adulthood

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 584-588

  Ziegler, Birgitte ^a,b   Johnsen, Søren Paaske ^a,b   Thulstrup, Ane Marie ^a,b   Engberg, Marianne ^a,b   Lauritzen, Torsten ^a,b   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Epidemiology; Total cholesterol programming

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034504945     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/140174300750064521     Document Type: Article

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