Childhood leg length and adult mortality: follow up of the Carnegie (Boyd Orr) Survey of Diet and Health in Pre-war Britain

摘要

Conclusions-These findings suggest that adverse diet and living conditions in childhood, for which leg length seems to be a particularly sensitive indicator, are associated with increased risk of CHD in adulthood and possibly reduced cancer risk. It is likely that these influences oper- ate after birth, during the first few years of life. Objective-To investigate the relation be- tween childhood height, its components- Leg length and trunk length-and Mortality in adulthood. Deisgn-Cohort study based on the Can Egie(Bitd Irr) Survey of diet and health In pre-war Britain, 1937-9. Setting-The 14 centres in England and Scotland that participated in the Carnegie Survey and where children were exam- ined.