Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0277 |
| Title: | Weight gain in infancy and cancer of the ovary |
| Author(s): | Barker DJP, Winter PD, et al. |
| Reference: | Lancet 1995; 345:1087-8. |
| Place of Study: | Hertfordshire (UK). |
| Abstract: | Among 5585 women born in Hertfordshire, 41 who died from ovarian cancer had had a high rate of weight gain in infancy. Whereas their mean birthweight was the same as that of the other women, their mean weight at 1 year was higher ( 10.1 kg vs 9.7 kg). |
| Keyword(s): | birth weight, cancer of the ovary, weight gain in infancy |
| Discussion: | No discussion mentioned for this entry |
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