Early life origins cognitive decline: findings in elderly men in the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study.

To examine whether the adverse effects of slow prenatal and postnatal growth on cognitive function persist to old age and predict age related cognitive decline.A longitudinal birth cohort study of men born in Helsinki, Finland 1934-44.Nine-hundred-thirty-one men of the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study, w...

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Main Authors: Katri Raikkonen, Eero Kajantie, Anu-Katriina Pesonen, Kati Heinonen, Hanna Alastalo, Jukka T Leskinen, Kai Nyman, Markus Henriksson, Jari Lahti, Marius Lahti, Riikka Pyhälä, Soile Tuovinen, Clive Osmond, David J P Barker, Johan G Eriksson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3559835?pdf=render