Elevated levels of protein in urine in adulthood after exposure to the Chinese famine of 1959-61 during gestation and the early postnatal period

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1806-1814

  Huang, Cheng ^a   Guo, Chaoran ^b   Nichols, Catherine ^a   Chen, Shuo ^c   Martorell, Reynaldo ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barker hypothesis; Famine; Maternal undernutrition; Natural experiment; Proteinuria; Renal function

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ADULT; FAMINE; HEALTH RISK; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; URINE;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URINALYSIS; CHINA; FETAL NUTRITION DISORDERS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; STARVATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; FETAL NUTRITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALNUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROTEINURIA; RURAL POPULATION; STARVATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84922374360     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu193     Document Type: Article

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