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Adolescence exposure to China’s great famine period and the association of metabolic syndrome in adulthood: a retrospective study

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Exposure to famine during early life is related to several adverse health outcomes in adulthood, but the effect of famine exposure during adolescence is unclear.
Ning Sun, Wei Li, Olatokunbo Osibogun, Mohammad Ebrahimi Kalan, Rime Jebai, Prem Gautam, Tanjila Taskin, Wupeng Yin, Jeffery A. Jones, Michelle Gamber, Wenjie Sun   +10 more
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Famine mortality and contributions to later-life type 2 diabetes at the population level: a synthesis of findings from Ukrainian, Dutch and Chinese famines

BMJ Global Health
Since the 1970s, influential literature has been using famines as natural experiments to examine the long-term health impact of prenatal famine exposure at the individual level.
L H Lumey, Chihua Li, Cormac Ó Gráda
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Early‐Life Famine Exposure and Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases in Later Life: Findings From the REACTION Study

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020
Background Previous studies reported that early‐life exposure to undernutrition is associated with the risk of diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome in adulthood, but the association with risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) later in life remains ...
Rui Du, Ruizhi Zheng, Yu Xu, Yuanyue Zhu, Xuefeng Yu, Mian Li, Xulei Tang, Ruying Hu, Qing Su, Tiange Wang, Zhiyun Zhao, Min Xu, Yuhong Chen, Lixin Shi, Qin Wan, Gang Chen, Meng Dai, Di Zhang, Zhengnan Gao, Guixia Wang, Feixia Shen, Zuojie Luo, Yingfen Qin, Li Chen, Yanan Huo, Qiang Li, Zhen Ye, Yinfei Zhang, Chao Liu, Youmin Wang, Shengli Wu, Tao Yang, Huacong Deng, Lulu Chen, Jiajun Zhao, Yiming Mu, Donghui Li, Guijun Qin, Weiqing Wang, Guang Ning, Li Yan, Yufang Bi, Jieli Lu   +42 more
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Exposure to the Chinese famine during early life increases the risk of frailty in adulthood: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

Preventive Medicine Reports
Objective: 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, Xinyan Ji, Xiyu Chen, Yan Cheng, Kun Shen   +4 more
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Concurrency of Early-Age Exposure to Chinese Famine and Diabetes Increases Recurrence of Ischemic Stroke

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, Yue Suo, Yue Suo, Yue Suo, Weiqi Chen, Weiqi Chen, Weiqi Chen, Weiqi Chen, Yuesong Pan, Yuesong Pan, Yuesong Pan, Yuesong Pan, Hao Li, Hao Li, Hao Li, Hao Li, Xia Meng, Xia Meng, Xia Meng, Xia Meng, Zixiao Li, Zixiao Li, Zixiao Li, Zixiao Li, Chunjuan Wang, Chunjuan Wang, Chunjuan Wang, Chunjuan Wang, Jing Jing, Jing Jing, Jing Jing, Jing Jing, Yilong Wang, Yilong Wang, Yilong Wang, Yilong Wang, Yongjun Wang, Yongjun Wang, Yongjun Wang, Yongjun Wang   +39 more
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The Lasting Impact of Mothers’ Fetal Malnutrition on Their Offspring: Evidence from the China Great Leap Forward Famine [PDF]

We find that second-generation effects of in utero and early childhood malnutrition on the school participation of the offspring of mothers who experienced the China Great Leap Forward Famine..
Belton M. Fleisher, Quheng Deng, Shi Li, Seonghoon Kim   +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

Frontiers in Nutrition
PurposeEarly 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, Yong Zhang, Yong Zhang, Xiaoya Qi   +3 more
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Consequences of exposure to prenatal famine on estimated glomerular filtration rate and risk of chronic kidney disease among survivors of the great Ethiopian famine (1983–85): a historical cohort study

Nutrition Journal, 2021
Background The impact of an adverse prenatal environment such as famine exposure on the development of adulthood non-communicable chronic illnesses, including diabetes and hypertension has been well articulated in the recent past and supported by ...
Kalkidan Hassen Abate, Misra Abdulahi, Fedlu Abdulhay, Getachew Arage, Mohammed Mecha, Mohammed Yenuss, Habtamu Hassen, Tefera Belachew   +7 more
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Prenatal famine exposure and mental health in later midlife [PDF]

, 2019
OBJECTIVES: Maternal malnutrition during pregnancy may have long-lasting effects on offspring's mental health. We investigate the effect of prenatal exposure to the Dutch famine (mid November 1944 to late April 1945) on mental health in later mid-life ...
Fleischmann, M, van den Broek, T
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Long-term Effects of Famine on Life Expectancy: A Re-analysis of the Great Finnish Famine of 1866-1868 [PDF]

Famines are extreme cases of environmental stress, and have been used by a series of studies to explore the long-term consequences of the fetal or childhood environment. Results are inconsistent and do not support negative long-term effects on mortality.
Lumey, Lambert H., Doblhammer, Gabriele, van den Berg, Gerard J.   +2 more
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