Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and intelligence quotient (IQ) in 5-year-old children: A cohort based study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Bliddal, Mette ^a   Olsen, Jørn ^b   Støvring, Henrik ^b   Eriksen, Hanne Lise F ^b   Kesmodel, Ulrik S ^c   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^d,e   Nøhr, Ellen A ^b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Capital Region   (Denmark)

^e The Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATHER; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MOTHER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREGNANCY; PREPREGNANCY CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LIFESTYLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84899625103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094498     Document Type: Article

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