Cohort profile: The Dutch Hunger Winter families study

Exposure to famine during gestation, size at birth, and blood pressure at age 59 y: Evidence from the dutch famine

We compared blood pressure of individuals (mean age 59 y) born in western Holland between January 1945 and March 1946 (mothers exposed to the Dutch Famine before or during gestation; n = 359) to blood pressure of unexposed individuals born before or conceived after the famine (n = 299) or same-sex siblings of subjects in series 1 or 2 (n = 313)....

Intrauterine famine exposure and body proportions at birth: The Dutch Hunger Winter

Background. Fetal programming of adult disease may be a long-term effect of fetal nutrition. Expected short-term effects include changes in body size and proportions at birth. The specific responses of fetal growth to acute undernutrition at varying points in pregnancy are still unclear. Methods. We abstracted all birth records of infants born...