Association of Birth Order with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Young Adulthood: A Study of One Million Swedish Men

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Jelenkovic, Aline ^a,b,c   Silventoinen, Karri ^c   Tynelius, Per ^d   Myrskylä, Mikko ^e   Rasmussen, Finn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELBOW FLEXION; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY SIZE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEREDITY; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SIBLING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDISH; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877819121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063361     Document Type: Article

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