Adolescence exposure to China's great famine period and the association of metabolic syndrome in adulthood: a retrospective study

• Main Authors: Ning Sun (Author), Wei Li (Author), Olatokunbo Osibogun (Author), Mohammad Ebrahimi Kalan (Author), Rime Jebai (Author), Prem Gautam (Author), Tanjila Taskin (Author), Wupeng Yin (Author), Jeffery A. Jones (Author), Michelle Gamber (Author), Wenjie Sun (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Exposure to famine during early life is related to several adverse health outcomes in adulthood, but the effect of famine exposure during adolescence is unclear. This study aims to examine whether exposure to famine in adolescence is associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS) in a...