BMJ  2005;330 (14 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7500.0-b

Weight gain is more dangerous for women who were born light

Weight gain increases cardiovascular disease risk among all women, but especially among those who were lighter at birth. Following up 66 111 US women included in the nurses' health study, Rich-Edwards and colleagues (p 1115) found that those with lower birth weights were at higher risk of cardiovascular disease—coronary artery disease and stroke. Those with low birth weight who grew to be heavy adults were at particularly high risk of coronary heart disease.

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Longitudinal study of birth weight and adult body mass index in predicting risk of coronary heart disease and stroke in women
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