Early life body mass trajectories and mortality in older age: Findings from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 34-39

  Von Bonsdorff, Mikaela B ^a   Törmäkangas, Timo ^a   Rantanen, Taina ^a   Salonen, Minna K ^b,c   Osmond, Clive ^d   Kajantie, Eero ^b,e,f   Eriksson, Johan G ^b,c,g,h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

ⁱ VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Birth size; Body mass index; Developmental origins of adult health and disease; Growth mixture models; Life course epidemiology; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHILDHOOD; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; AGE; BAYES THEOREM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FINLAND; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BAYES THEOREM; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OVERWEIGHT; RISK;

EID: 84923291546     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2014.963664     Document Type: Article

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