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Birth Weight
Report summarizes birth weight in women study findings from Columbia University, Department of Epidemiology
October 7th, 2009
Current study results from the report, 'Validity of self-reported birth weight by adult women: sociodemographic influences and implications for life-course studies,' have been published. "Life-course epidemiologic studies frequently obtain data on perinatal and childhood factors through adult self-report. Data from a prospective US birth cohort of 262 women, born between 1959 and 1963 (average age at adult follow-up, 41.8 years), were used to assess the validity of self-reported birth weight category by sociodemographic characteristics," scientists in the United States report. "The effect of reporting error on the associations of birth weight with childhood and adult...
Source: Fitness & Wellness Business Week (2009-10-07)
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