Study protocol: the relation of birth weight and infant growth trajectories with physical fitness, physical activity and sedentary behavior at 8-9 years of age - the ABCD study

[1] Barker DJ(1986)Infant mortality, childhood nutrition, and ischaemic heart disease in England and Wales Lancet 1 1077-1081

[2] Osmond C(1989)Weight in infancy and death from ischaemic heart disease Lancet 2 577-580

[3] Barker DJ(1996)Birthweight, body-mass index in middle age, and incident coronary heart disease Lancet 348 1478-1480

[4] Winter PD(1997)Birth weight and risk of cardiovascular disease in a cohort of women followed up since 1976 BMJ 315 396-400

[5] Osmond C(2005)Birth weight is inversely associated with incident coronary heart disease and stroke among individuals born in the 1950s: findings from the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s prospective cohort study Circulation 112 1414-1418

[6] Margetts B(1996)Birth weight and adult hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and obesity in US men Circulation 94 3246-3250

[7] Simmonds SJ(2000)The role of size at birth and postnatal catch-up growth in determining systolic blood pressure: a systematic review of the literature J Hypertens 18 815-831

[8] Frankel S(2011)Birth weight and subsequent risk of obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis Obes Rev 12 525-542

[9] Elwood P(2011)Does birthweight predict bone mass in adulthood? A systematic review and meta-analysis Osteoporos Int 22 1323-1334

[10] Sweetnam P(1998)Premature pubarche, ovarian hyperandrogenism, hyperinsulinism and the polycystic ovary syndrome: from a complex constellation to a simple sequence of prenatal onset J Endocrinol Invest 21 558-566

[1] Barker DJ(1986)Infant mortality, childhood nutrition, and ischaemic heart disease in England and Wales Lancet 1 1077-1081

[2] Osmond C(1989)Weight in infancy and death from ischaemic heart disease Lancet 2 577-580

[3] Barker DJ(1996)Birthweight, body-mass index in middle age, and incident coronary heart disease Lancet 348 1478-1480

[4] Winter PD(1997)Birth weight and risk of cardiovascular disease in a cohort of women followed up since 1976 BMJ 315 396-400

[5] Osmond C(2005)Birth weight is inversely associated with incident coronary heart disease and stroke among individuals born in the 1950s: findings from the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s prospective cohort study Circulation 112 1414-1418

[6] Margetts B(1996)Birth weight and adult hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and obesity in US men Circulation 94 3246-3250

[7] Simmonds SJ(2000)The role of size at birth and postnatal catch-up growth in determining systolic blood pressure: a systematic review of the literature J Hypertens 18 815-831

[8] Frankel S(2011)Birth weight and subsequent risk of obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis Obes Rev 12 525-542

[9] Elwood P(2011)Does birthweight predict bone mass in adulthood? A systematic review and meta-analysis Osteoporos Int 22 1323-1334

[10] Sweetnam P(1998)Premature pubarche, ovarian hyperandrogenism, hyperinsulinism and the polycystic ovary syndrome: from a complex constellation to a simple sequence of prenatal onset J Endocrinol Invest 21 558-566