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Women with birth weights > 10 lb have an age-adjusted odds ratio of 1.62 for being in the highest quintile of body mass index compared to those who weighed 7.1 to 8.5 lb at birth in NHS I.
Practitioners should be aware of the potential link between high birth weight and increased obesity risk in women.
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In addition, compared with women in NHS I who weighed 7.1 to 8.5 lb at birth, those who weighed > 10 lb had an age-adjusted odds ratio of 1.62 (95% CI, 1.38 to 1.90) of being in the highest (> 29.2 kg/m2) versus the lowest (< 21.9 kg/m2) quintile of body mass index in midlife.
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Based on a large cohort study design.
Source
Birth Weight and Adult Hypertension and Obesity in Women
Gary C. Curhan et al. · Circulation · 1996
DOI 10.1161/01.cir.94.6.1310
cohort · n=164040Cited 691×
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