Low birth weight is associated with higher adult total cholesterol concentration in men: Findings from an occupational cohort of 25 843 employees

Circulation

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1258-1262

  Davies, Anna A ^a   Smith, George Davey ^a   Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^a   Litchfield, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH TELECOM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Cholesterol; Epidemiology; Sex

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 4444272629     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000140980.61294.4D     Document Type: Article

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