Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0110 |
| Title: | Birth weight and later socio-economic disadvantage: evidence from the 1958 British cohort study |
| Author(s): | Bartley M, Power C, et al. |
| Reference: | BMJ 1994; 309: 1475-79 |
| Place of Study: | Britain |
| Abstract: | This is a study of male subjects born to parents resident in Great Britain during the week of 3-9 March 1958. Data on birth weight and financial difficulties between birth and 23 years were available for 4,321; data on housing conditions and social class at ages 7, 11, and 16 years were available for 3,370. Low birth weight is associated with socio-economic disadvantage in childhood and adolescence. |
| Keyword(s): | birth weight, socio-economic conditions |
| Discussion: | Such data must be taken into account when interpreting the many studies exploring correlations between adult diseases and birth weight. |
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