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SUBMITTER: Li J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5717076 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Jingmei J Eriksson Mikael M He Wei W Hall Per P Czene Kamila K
Scientific reports 20171205 1
Large childhood body size has been consistently shown to be associated with decreased breast cancer risk. However, it is important to consider the effects of a large childhood body size on other adult diseases. It is not clear if the associations between childhood body size and adult diseases will persist if they later attain healthy weight. The associations between body size at age 7 and 17 adverse outcomes in adulthood were examined using Cox models in a Swedish study of 65,057 women. Large bo ...[more]