Search for dissertations about: "birth ponderal index"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words birth ponderal index.

2. 1. Exposures in utero and chronic disease : an alternative methodological approach

   Author : Anna Hübinette; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Cardiovascular disease; acute myocardial infarction; angina pectoris; breast neoplasms; birth weight; birth anthropometrics; twin study; epidemiology; etiology; risk factors; insulin-like growth factors; preeclampsia; longitudinal study.;

   Abstract : The aims of this thesis were to evaluate maternal and birth characteristics as risk factors for breast cancer and cardiovascular disease later in life, and to assess maternal serum concentrations of insulin-like growth factors in pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia. Birth characteristics and risks of breast cancer were studied in a case-control study nested within the population-based Swedish Twin Register (Paper 1). READ MORE

4. 2. Type 1 diabetes in pregnancy : perinatal outcome with special reference to fetal macrosomia

   Author : Martina Persson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : The aim of this epidemiological study was to elucidate whether in recent years, obstetric and perinatal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by type 1 diabetes (T1DM) have improved or not. The objective was also to identify possible risk factors for adverse outcome for the mother, fetus and the newborn. READ MORE

5. 3. Socio-demographic determinants of pregnancy outcomes and infant growth in transitional Russia

   Author : Andrej Grjibovski; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Pregnancy outcomes; infant growth; breastfeeding; social factors; Russia;

   Abstract : There is a growing body of literature exploring social, demographic, and life-style factors in relation to pregnancy outcomes and infant growth patterns. However, only a few studies on the topic were conducted in transitional economies of Eastern Europe despite considerable political, economic, and social changes in these countries during the last 15 years. READ MORE

6. 4. Early life risk factors for schizophrenia - studies of foetal and perinatal complications

   Author : Christina Dalman; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; schizophrenia; mental disorders; obstetric complications; jaundice; epidemiology;

   Abstract : Background: Despite intensive research for decades the causes of schizophrenia are largely unknown. A major lead in scientific work is the neurodevelopmental hypothesis i.e. a vulnerability for the illness is believed to be caused by developmental defects of the CNS during foetal life or childhood. READ MORE