Prenatal famine exposure, adulthood obesity patterns and risk of type 2 diabetes

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 399-408

  Meng, Ruogu ^a   Lv, Jun ^a,b   Yu, Canqing ^a   Guo, Yu ^c   Bian, Zheng ^c   Yang, Ling ^d   Chen, Yiping ^d   Zhang, Hui ^e   Chen, Xiaofang ^f   Chen, Junshi ^g   Chen, Zhengming ^d   Qi, Lu ^h,i   Li, Liming ^a,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Maiji Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^f Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^g CHINA NATIONAL CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT   (China)

^h TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Starvation; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES; HEALTH RISK; OBESITY;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUNGER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WAIST HIP RATIO; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STARVATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHINA;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STARVATION;

EID: 85052311458     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/IJE/DYX228     Document Type: Article

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