Birth weight, physical morbidity, and mortality: A population-based sibling-comparison study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 550-558

  Class, Quetzal A ^a   Rickert, Martin E ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   D'Onofrio, Brian M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Cardiovascular diseases; Diabetes mellitus; Fetal development; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES; HYPERTENSION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY RISK; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STROKE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT MORTALITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATERNAL AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SURVIVAL;

SWEDEN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SIBLINGS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896710077     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt304     Document Type: Article

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