Relation between weight and length at birth and body mass index in young adulthood: cohort study: Table 1

Few studies have thoroughly examined the relation between weight in early childhood and the later risk of obesity, but recent studies have shown an association between low birth weight and cardiovascular disease in adulthood.1 High birth weight correlates with being overweight in late adolescence,2 and intrauterine growth retardation is associated with a higher ratio of waist to hip circumference (an indicator of abdominal fatness) in men.1 We examined the association between weight and length at birth and adult body mass index in Danish conscripts. We conducted our study in the fifth conscription district of Denmark. Nearly all Danish men have to appear before the draft board when they are between 18 and 26. We studied all men born after 1 January 1973 …