Exposure to the Chinese famine during early life increases the risk of frailty in adulthood: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study [PDF]
Preventive Medicine ReportsObjective: Our study aimed to investigate the relationship between early-life famine exposure and frailty risk in later life among middle-aged and older Chinese adults, advocating for targeted early-life nutritional interventions.
Xiaobing Xian +4 more
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Association between fetal exposure to the Chinese famine and cognitive decline in adulthood: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]
Frontiers in NutritionBackgroundThe Great Chinese Famine in the 1960s represents a significant historical event with potential long-term health consequences. This study aims to investigate the impact of famine exposure during different developmental stages (fetal, preschool ...
Shuai Xiang +6 more
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Fetal Exposure to Chinese Famine Increases Obesity Risk in Adulthood. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2020 Fetal exposure to famine may have long-term consequences in adulthood. The purpose of the present study was to explore the association between famine exposure in fetal life (Chinese famine in 1959–1961) and obesity risk in adulthood. A total of 8054 subjects (3422 male, 4632 female) were recruited from the cross-sectional 2010–2012 China National ...
Song C +7 more
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Sex-specific associations of prenatal Chinese famine exposure with cataract risk at age sixty: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC Women's HealthBackground Age-related cataract (ARC) is among the most common blinding eye disorders among the elderly. Prenatal nutrition may cause irreversible damage to the development of the ocular crystalline lens.
Yuanyou Xia, Xiaoyang Xu, Siyao Wang
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Association between early-life exposure to the Great Chinese Famine and poor physical function later in life: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2019 Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the association between early-life exposure to the Great Chinese Famine (1959–1961) and the prevalence of poor physical function in midlife.Design A population-based historical prospective study was performed as ...
Tao Tao +3 more
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Early-life undernutrition in the great Chinese famine and the risk of early natural menopause: a retrospective cohort study in Western China [PDF]
Frontiers in NutritionPurposeEarly age of menopause may increase the risk of fracture, cardiovascular diseases, and all-cause mortality. This study aimed to investigate the relation between early-life undernutrition in the Great Chinese Famine and the risk of early natural ...
Xiaoyang Xu +3 more
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Concurrency of Early-Age Exposure to Chinese Famine and Diabetes Increases Recurrence of Ischemic Stroke [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 Background and Purpose: Early age exposure to the Chinese Great Leap Forward famine (1959–1961) is associated with the incidence of risk factors for ischemic stroke.
Yue Suo +39 more
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Early-life exposure to the Chinese famine and tuberculosis risk: Unrecognized biases from different measures of famine intensity. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2021 We are concerned that Cheng et al. (1) did not take all famine-related changes in cohort size into account for their estimates of tuberculosis risk in relation to intensity of early-life nutrition deprivation in the Chinese province of Sichuan. To measure prefecture-level famine intensity, Cheng et al.
Li C, Zhou Z, Lumey LH.
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The Consequences of the 1959-1961 Chinese Famine for Educational Attainment. [PDF]
B E J Econom Anal Policy, 2020 Abstract This paper finds that the Great Chinese Famine of 1959–1961 reduced lifetime educational attainment by up to 3.8 years for people who lived in areas most severely hit by the famine. Using geographical variation in famine intensity, information about place of residence during the famine, and educational attainment recorded in the
Lay MJ, Norling J.
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Unveiling the long-term impact: exploring the link between exposure to the great Chinese famine and health-related quality of life in middle-aged and elderly populations through propensity score matching [PDF]
BMC Public HealthObjective This study aimed to explore the relationship between exposure to the Great Chinese Famine (1959–1961) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in middle-aged and elderly people after adjusting for selection bias using propensity score ...
Wenlong Wang +6 more
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