Birth weight, intrauterine growth restriction and nutritional status in childhood in relation to grip strength in adults: from the 1982 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort

•Newborns from southern Brazil were followed for 30 y.•Birth weight and nutritional status in childhood were prospectively measured.•Grip strength was positively related to birth weight and early nutritional status.•Coefficients of the association between birth weight and grip strength were higher i...

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Main Authors: Bielemann, Renata Moraes, Gigante, Denise Petrucci, Horta, Bernardo Lessa
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4732988/