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Temperature at birth linked to health later in life.
2004 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cold outdoor temperature at birth is associated with increased coronary heart disease and insulin resistance, high cholesterol levels, and poor lung function in later life, suggests a study in the March 2004 issue of the British journal Heart.
This link was strongest among those from the lowest social and economic classes.
D.A. Lawlor, MD, at the University of Bristol, U.K., and colleagues examined the effects of average outdoor temperature around the time of birth in a sample of 4,286 women age 60-79 from 23 British towns. Date of birth for each participant was matched to official climate records.
Coronary heart disease was greatest among women born during the coldest months. Cold outdoor temperature at birth was also associated with increased insulin resistance, increased cholesterol concentrations, and poorer lung function, Lawlor and team reported (Temperature at birth, coronary heart disease, and insulin resistance: cross sectional analyses of the British women's heart and health study. Heart, 2004;90:381-388).
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