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

Body Composition Assessment
Author
Lowry et al.
Used Parameters : BMI

Publication Year : 2020

Country : Finland

Journal : BMC Public Health

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 1934–1944 (HBCS1934–1944, n= 1277) and Northern Finland Birth Cohorts born in 1966 and 1986 (NFBC1966, n= 5807, NFBC1986, n= 6717). Factor analysis produced scores of social disadvantage based on social and economic elements in early life …
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