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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"early life factors"”.
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Epidemiological studies of sociodemographic factors, early life factors, health, and medical care consumption among small children
… the child’s health from the very beginning of life through the mother’s health-related behaviors during pregnancy. Even though the prevailing etiological model for adult chronic disease emphasizes adult risk factors, the importance of earlier life circumstances has recently attracted …
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Causal Web of Association for Influence of Early Life Factors on Pubertal Timing and Adult Lung Volume at Age 18 Years
… in prevention which are only possible if risk factors are properly identified and understood. Studies have linked maternal smoking and breastfeeding with asthma. Additionally, there has been an observed phenomenon during adolescence where asthma prevalence shifts from being higher in boys to …
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The Effect Of Traumatic Stressful Events On Schizotypal Symptoms In Community-Based Us Adolescents
… is undoubtedly a complex association between early life factors and schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) which represents as schizotypal symptoms in the adolescent population. To explore this relationship, this dissertation first starts with a systematic review of early life factors related …
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Examining Causal Determinants of Childhood Obesity and Pubertal Timing
… on a global scale. Both childhood obesity and early pubertal timing are linked to increased risks of various physical and mental health complications. This thesis aims to explore the genetic and hormonal factors influencing childhood obesity and pubertal timing through various analytical …
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Paediatric asthma and wheeze: early life origins
… important childhood disorders asthma and wheeze. Factors creating a suboptimal early environment may persistently alter the structure and function of the immune and respiratory systems.<br/>This thesis explored the early life origins of paediatric asthma and wheeze in a large, prospective …
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The Social Pattern and Causes of Dementia Prevalence Decline in the United States
… Disease or improvement in proximal dementia risk factors. In this dissertation, I analyze data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to improve current understanding of the descriptive trends and causal mechanisms underlying dementia prevalence decline. In my first study, I rebut the argument …
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What Children are Eating and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
… and body size are three closely connected risk factors for T2DM that may be modifiable across the life course. The key to T2DM prevention is taking into account one’s whole diet and combinations of consumed foods, rather than one food item or nutrient. One in nine NZ children aged 2-14 years are …
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Genetic Determinants of Body Weight and Physical Maturation Across the Life Course
Evidence points to early life as a critical period of heightened susceptibility to factors that alter the risk of later-life non-communicable diseases. Two early life risk factors increasingly recognised as important for adult health are early puberty timing and childhood obesity. Both factors are …