Birth weight and long-term risk of mortality among US men and women: Results from three prospective cohort studies

• Main Authors: Yi-Xin Wang (Author), Ming Ding (Author), Yanping Li (Author), Liang Wang (Author), Janet W. Rich-Edwards (Author), Andrea A. Florio (Author), JoAnn E. Manson (Author), Jorge E. Chavarro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Weight at birth has been associated with the development of various adult diseases, but its association with mortality remains unclear. Methods: We included 22,389 men from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (1994-2018) and 162,231 women from the Nurses' Health Study...