title: Birth characteristics and risk of colorectal cancer: a study among Swedish twins.
abstract: Type-2 diabetes increases the risk of colorectal cancer, and is also associated with low birth weight. However, we found no evidence of associations between birth characteristics and risk of colorectal cancer (m=248) among Swedish twins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. sven.cnattingius@ki.se
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cnattingius
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lundberg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iliadou
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001837:Body Weights and Measures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036801:Parturition / Q000502:physiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012923:Social Class; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D014427:Twins