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- Title
Low birth weight is not associated with clinically overt thyroid disease: a population based twin case-control study.
- Authors
Brix, T H; Kyvik, K O; Hegedüs, L
- Abstract
In recent years low birth weight has been proposed as a risk factor for the development of several chronic diseases in adult life, including diabetes and subclinical autoimmune thyroid disease. The association could, however, also be due to genetic or environmental factors affecting both birth weight and adverse health outcomes in adult life. Moreover, it is at present unknown whether or not low birth weight is associated with an increased risk of developing clinically overt thyroid disease. The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of birth weight and several other birth characteristics on the development of clinically overt thyroid disease.
- Publication
Clinical endocrinology, 2000, Vol 53, Issue 2, p171
- ISSN
0300-0664
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1365-2265.2000.01025.x