Season of birth predicts mortality in rural Gambia

被引：215

作者：

Moore, SE ^{[1
]}

Cole, TJ ^{[1
]}

Poskitt, EME ^{[1
]}

Sonko, BJ ^{[1
]}

Whitehead, RG ^{[1
]}

McGregor, IA ^{[1
]}

Prentice, AM ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] MRC, DUNN NUTR UNIT, BANJUL, GAMBIA

来源：

NATURE | 1997年 / 388卷 / 6641期

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D O I：

10.1038/41245

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

We present evidence that events in early life strongly influence the adult survival prospects of rural Africans. Our analysis of births and deaths in three Gambian villages dating back to 1949 shows that people born during the annual ‘hungry season’ are up to 10 times more likely to die prematurely in young adulthood. A permanent effect of malnutrition on the development of the immune system during fetal growth seems a likely explanation.

引用

页码：434 / 434

页数：1

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