Birth weight and risk of type 2 diabetes a systematic review

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 2886-2897

  Whincup, Peter H ^a   Kaye, Samantha J ^a   Owen, Christopher G ^a   Huxley, Rachel ^e   Cook, Derek G ^a   Anazawa, Sonoko ^f   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^g   Bhargava, Santosh K ^h   Birgisdottir, Bryndís E ⁱ   Carlsson, Sofia ^j,k   De Rooij, Susanne R ^l   Dyck, Roland F ^m   Eriksson, Johan G ^n,o,p   Falkner, Bonita ^q   Fall, Caroline ^r   Forsén, Tom ^n,o,p   Grill, Valdemar ^s,t   Gudnason, Vilmundur ⁱ   Hulman, Sonia ^u   Hyppönen, Elina ^b   Jeffreys, Mona ^v   Lawlor, Debbie A ^v   Leon, David A ^c   Minami, Junichi ^w   Mishra, Gita ^d   Osmond, Clive ^r   Power, Chris ^b   Rich Edwards, Janet W ^x,y   Roseboom, Tessa J ^l   Sachdev, Harshpal Singh ^z   Syddall, Holly ^r   Thorsdottir, Inga ⁱ   Vanhala, Mauno ^aa,ab   Wadsworth, Michael ^d   Yarbrough, Donald E ^ac   more..

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h Department of Pediatrics   (India)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^j Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

^k KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^l UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

ⁿ NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^o UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^p VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^q THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^s NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^t TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^u CROZER CHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^w DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^x HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^y BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^z SITARAM BHARTIA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (India)

^aa JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^ac Sacred Heart Medical Center Eugene   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADJUSTMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MEDLINE; MESH HEADING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 58149234293     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2008.886     Document Type: Review

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