Change in paternal grandmothers´ early food supply influenced cardiovascular mortality of the female grandchildren

• Main Authors: Bygren, Lars, Tinghög, Petter, Carstensen, John, Edvinsson, Sören, Kaati, Gunnar, Pembrey, Marcus E, Sjöström, Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2014
• Subjects: Epidemiology; Food change; Environmental shock; Human transgenerational response; Cardiovascular mortality; Överkalix
• Online Access: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/15/12

Abstract Background This study investigated whether large fluctuations in food availability during grandparents' early development influenced grandchildren's cardiovascular mortality. We reported earlier that changes in availability of food - from good to poor or from poor to good - during...