Adult mortality at age 57 after prenatal exposure to the Dutch famine.
Prenatal famine exposure has previously been shown to be associated with cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes in adulthood. In the current study, we could not demonstrate an effect of prenatal exposure to famine in 2254 term singletons born during the 1944-1945 Dutch famine on adult mortality up to the age of 57 years. Follow-up of this cohort will resolve whether famine exposure is linked to increased adult mortality.
Painter
Rebecca C
RC
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Academic Medical Center at the University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD, Meibergdreef 9, 1105, Amsterdam, AZ, The Netherlands. r.c.painter@amc.uva.nl
Roseboom
Tessa J
TJ
Bossuyt
Patrick M M
PM
Osmond
Clive
C
Barker
David J P
DJ
Bleker
O P
OP
D000367:Age Factors; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D048070:Fetal Nutrition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D013217:Starvation / Q000401:mortality*