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Head size at birth and long-term mortality from coronary heart diseaseKari R Risnes
Department of Public Health, Medical Research Centre, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Int J Epidemiol 38:955-62. 2009..We have studied the association of head circumference at birth with later deaths from coronary heart disease (CHD), and assessed whether maternal height and adult body mass could modify the association...
Placental weight relative to birth weight and long-term cardiovascular mortality: findings from a cohort of 31,307 men and womenKari R Risnes
Department of Public Health, Medical Research Centre, NO 7489 Trondheim, Norway
Am J Epidemiol 170:622-31. 2009..This finding suggests that placental function is important in the association of intrauterine factors with cardiovascular disease later in life...
Birthweight and mortality in adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysisKari R Risnes
Department of Public Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Int J Epidemiol 40:647-61. 2011..The net effect of birth size on long-term mortality has only been assessed in individual studies, with conflicting results...
