Association between leg length and offspring birthweight: partial explanation for the trans‐generational association between birthweight and cardiovascular disease: findings from the British Women's Heart and Health Study
- 4 April 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
- Vol. 17 (2) , 148-155
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3016.2003.00479.x
Abstract
Low birthweight individuals not only have increased risk of cardiovascular disease themselves, but cardiovascular disease risk is also increased in their parents. The mechanisms underlying these tran...Keywords
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