Stunting and Selection Effects of Famine: A Case Study of the Great Chinese Famine [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007 Many developing countries experience famine. If survival is related to height, the increasingly common practice of using height as a measure of well-being may be misleading.
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Early-life exposure to Chinese famine and stroke risk in mid- to late life: the mediating roles of cognitive function and depression [PDF]
BMC Geriatrics, 2022 Background Limited research has examined the role that famine exposure plays in adulthood stroke risk. We aim to explore the causal implications of early exposure to the Great Chinese Famine on stroke risk and determine whether these associations were ...
Zi Zhou, Wei Zhang, Ya Fang
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Incidence of breast cancer in Chinese women exposed to the 1959–1961 great Chinese famine [PDF]
BMC Cancer, 2017 Background The association of malnutrition in early life with breast cancer risk has been studied in Europe by investigating survivors of the Dutch Hunger Winter Famine, but not in China.
Dandan He +7 more
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Correlation of Great Chinese Famine Exposure During Early Life to Prevalence of Kidney Stone in Adulthood [PDF]
International Journal of General Medicine, 2023 Yu-Qin Yan,1 Yu-Qing Huang,2 Ying-Qing Feng2 1Department of Cardiology, People’s Hospital of Shenzhen Baoan District, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical ...
Yan YQ, Huang YQ, Feng YQ
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CEOs' early-life disaster experience and corporate earnings quality: Focusing on the Great Chinese Famine [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 This paper aims to examine the impact of CEOs' early-life disaster experiences on corporate earnings quality. We proxy the disaster experience with whether CEOs lived through the Great Chinese Famine and the famine intensity they experienced. The results
Yang Zhao, Jun Hu, Lang Liu
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Early-Life Exposure to Malnutrition From the Chinese Famine on Risk of Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Adulthood [PDF]
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 ObjectivesIntrauterine malnutrition has a long-term effect on respiratory and lung function. However, few studies have explored the association between early-life exposure to famine with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in ...
Changbo Jin +4 more
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The Long-Term Effect of Famine Exposure on Cognitive Performance: Evidence from the 1959-1961 Chinese Famine. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 We examined the long-term impact of the 1959–1961 Chinese Famine on the survivors’ cognitive performance in this study. Using data from the 2010 China Family Panel Study, our cohort comparison analysis showed that people who experienced the famine in early childhood (aged 1–3) had a lower score on a vocabulary test and that those who were exposed to ...
Zhang H, Ho WC.
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Exposure to Chinese famine and the risk of hyperuricemia in later life: a population-based cross-sectional study [PDF]
Frontiers in NutritionBackgroundLimited studies have investigated the relationship between famine exposure and the risk of hyperuricemia in later life. Consequently, the primary purpose of the current study was to examine the potential association between exposure to Chinese ...
Huali Xiong +3 more
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Exposure to Chinese famine in early life and the risk of multimorbidity in adulthood [PDF]
BMC Public HealthObjectives Previous studies had reported the association between famine exposure in early life and subsequent non-communicable diseases risk. In current study, we aimed to evaluate the associations between famine exposure on multimorbidity prevalence and
Jiahui Zhang +3 more
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Gestational exposure to the great Chinese famine: early life undernutrition impact on prostatic hyperplasia in adulthood [PDF]
Frontiers in NutritionIntroductionBenign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a frequent illness in aged men that impacts their quality of life; early childhood exposure to famines may have long-term effects on the chance of developing BPH.
Siyao Wang +4 more
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