Early exposure to social disadvantages and later life body mass index beyond genetic predisposition in three generations of Finnish birth cohorts

• Main Authors: Estelle Lowry (Author), Nina Rautio (Author), Niko Wasenius (Author), Tom A. Bond (Author), Jari Lahti (Author), Ioanna Tzoulaki (Author), Abbas Dehghan (Author), Anni Heiskala (Author), Leena Ala-Mursula (Author), Jouko Miettunen (Author), Johan Eriksson (Author), Marjo-Riitta Järvelin (Author), Sylvain Sebert (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The study aimed to explore the association between early life and life-course exposure to social disadvantage and later life body mass index (BMI) accounting for genetic predisposition and maternal BMI. Methods We studied participants of Helsinki Birth Cohort Study born in 1934-1...