Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0099 |
| Title: | Low birth weight and ischaemic heart disease |
| Author(s): | Eriksson M, Tibblin G, Cnattingius S |
| Reference: | Lancet 1994; 343: 731 [letter] |
| Place of Study: | Sweden |
| Abstract: | The authors examined data from 855 fifty year old men (all born in 1913) drawn from the population register in Gothenburg. This study did not detect any correlation between birth weight and total mortality. There was a non-significant increase in the risk of coronary heart disease in relation to birth weight. |
| Keyword(s): | birth weight, coronary heart disease |
| Discussion: | See study by Vagaro and Leon, entry 0096. |
| See Also: | 0096 |
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