The association between low birth weight and type 2 diabetes: Contribution of genetic factors

Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 659-665

  Johansson, Stefan ^a   Iliadou, Anastasia ^a   Bergvall, Niklas ^a   Dé Fairé, Ulf ^a,b   Kramer, Michael S ^c,d   Pawitan, Yudi ^a   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a   Norman, Mikael ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   Cnattingius, Sven ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TWINS; ZYGOSITY; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; GENETICS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 50549093509     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31818131b9     Document Type: Article

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