Search for dissertations about: "low birth-weight"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 117 swedish dissertations containing the words low birth-weight.
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1. Long-term metabolic effects of a high birth weight
Abstract : The intrauterine environment influences foetal growth as well as future response to risk factors for disease. This occurs partly through epigenetic mechanisms. Thus, birth weight is a possible risk marker of adult disease. READ MORE
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2. Peak Bone Mass, Lifestyle Factors and Birth Weight: A study of 25-year old women
Abstract : Background: Osteoporosis is a common bone disease, which does not give symptoms until the ultimate outcome, the fragility fracture occurs. Regulation of bone mass is controlled by genetic, environmental and nutritional influences. READ MORE
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3. Neurodevelopment and cardiovascular risk in 7-year old children born with marginally low birth weight
Abstract : Background: Being born preterm (.... READ MORE
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4. The Impact of Birth Weight on Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Coronary Heart Disease and Prostate Cancer : Population-based Studies of Men Born in 1913 and Followed up Until Old Age
Abstract : Objectives. To study whether birth weight (BW) was correlated to cardiovascular risk factors, coronary heart disease (CHD), cardiovascular disease (CVD), and prostate cancer (PCA) at adult ages, whether a possible relationship depended on mediating factors from birth time, hereditary circumstances, and adult life variables, and what importance possible associations might have for the rate of the complaint in the general population. READ MORE
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5. Effects of iron supplementation on iron status, health and neurological development in marginally low birth weight infants
Abstract : Background Due to small iron stores and rapid growth during the first months of life, infants with low birth weight (LBW) are at risk of iron deficiency (ID). ID in infancy is associated with irreversible impaired neurodevelopment. READ MORE