Prenatal and childhood growth and physical performance in old age—findings from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study 1934–1944

Age

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Eriksson, Johan G ^a,b,c   Osmond, Clive ^d   Perälä, Mia Maria ^a,b   Salonen, Minna K ^a,b   Simonen, Mika ^b,e   Pohjolainen, Pertti ^f   Kajantie, Eero ^a,g,h   Rantanen, Taina ⁱ   von Bonsdorff, Mikaela B ^b,i  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f The Age Institute   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI AND HELSINKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

ⁱ University of Tampere   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Birth weight; Physical fitness; Physical performance; Prenatal growth; Senior Fitness Test

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; FINLAND; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRENATAL GROWTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; INFANT; LIFESTYLE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84945135343     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-015-9846-1     Document Type: Article

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