Letter

Long term mortality after starvation during the Leningrad siege: No evidence that starvation around puberty causes later cardiovascular disease

BMJ 2004; 328 doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.346-a (Published 5 February 2004)
Cite this as: BMJ 2004;328:346.2

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  1. C Bell, head (cbell@tcd.ie)
  1. Department of physiology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland

    EDITOR—In their study of survivors of the Leningrad siege Sparén et al present no evidence for a causal link between starvation around the age of puberty and later cardiovascular disease.1


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    They allocate subjects to age groups 8 years or younger, 9-15 years, and 16-26 years on the basis of …

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