Prenatal exposure to famine and the development of hyperglycemia and type 2 diabetes in adulthood across consecutive generations: A population-based cohort study of families in Suihua, China

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 221-227

  Li, Jie ^a,b,c   Liu, Simin ^b,c   Li, Songtao ^a   Feng, Rennan ^a   Na, Lixin ^a   Chu, Xia ^a   Wu, Xiaoyan ^a   Niu, Yucun ^a   Sun, Zongxiang ^a   Han, Tianshu ^a   Deng, Haoyuan ^a   Meng, Xing ^a   Xu, Huan ^a   Zhang, Zhe ^a   Qu, Qiannuo ^a   Zhang, Qiao ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Sun, Changhao ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Epidemiology ^*  (China)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese famine; Hyperglycemia; Prenatal; Transgenerational; Type 2 diabetes; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PARENT; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; ADOLESCENT; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY SIZE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HISTORY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; STARVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RISK FACTORS; STARVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85008474523     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.116.138792     Document Type: Article

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