title: Separating in-utero and postnatal influences on later disease.
abstract: Associations of birthweight with leg length and trunk length are similar. Childhood exposures rather than in-utero programming may underlie specific associations seen between leg length and mortality.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gunnell
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McConnachie
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Greenwood
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Upton
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Frankel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007866:Leg / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D011247:Pregnancy; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology