Intergenerational effects of early-life health shocks during the Chinese 1959–1961 famine

Intergenerational Effects on Health - In Utero and Early Life

Correction to: Increase in the prevalence of hypertension among adults exposed to the great Chinese famine during early life

The 'Conclusion' section in the Abstract was published incorrectly in the original publication of the article [1] and is corrected with this erratum as below: "Fetal exposure to the Chinese famine may be associated with an increased risk of hypertension in adulthood in women."

Exposure to the Chinese famine in early life and the risk of anaemia in adulthood

BACKGROUND Famine exposure during the early stage of life is related to a number of adulthood diseases. The objective of this study was to examine the association of early life exposure to the famine in China (1959-1961) with the risk of anaemia in adulthood. METHODS We used the data of 2007 adults born between 1954 and 1964 in Jiangsu province from the 2002 Chinese National Nutrition and Hea...

Exposure to the Chinese Famine in Early Life and the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Adulthood

OBJECTIVE To examine whether exposure to the Chinese famine during fetal life and early childhood is associated with the risks of metabolic syndrome and whether this association is modified by later life environment. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We used data of 7,874 adults born between 1954 and 1964 from the 2002 China National Nutrition and Health Survey. Famine exposure groups were defined ...

Increase in the prevalence of hypertension among adults exposed to the Great Chinese Famine during early life

Objective: This study aimed to assess the association between exposure to the Great Chinese Famine (1959–1961) during early life and hypertension in adulthood. Methods: From July to September 2009, 1224 eligible adults were recruited in a cross-sectional survey using a multi-stage stratified random sampling method in Chongqing China. A questionnaire was used to collect information of hypertensi...