Birth weight, components of height and coronary heart disease: Evidence from the Whitehall II study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1532-1542

  Ferrie, Jane E ^a   Langenberg, Claudia ^a   Shipley, Martin J ^a   Marmot, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; CHD; Height; Leg length; Trunk length; Whitehall II

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; LIPID;

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; HEIGHT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEG LENGTH; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LONDON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846562516     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl184     Document Type: Article

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