Seasonality and ambient temperature at time of conception in term-born individuals – influences on cardiovascular disease and obesity in adult life
Background. The influence of environmental conditions early in life – including temperature and season – on health later in life has so far not attracted much attention. Objective. Using data from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study of 13,345 men and women, the influence of tempera...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:45e8922230cf4109bd8837220f54f6fe 2023-05-15T15:10:16+02:00 Seasonality and ambient temperature at time of conception in term-born individuals – influences on cardiovascular disease and obesity in adult life Nadja Schreier Elena Moltchanova Tom Forsén Eero Kajantie Johan G. Eriksson 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21466 https://doaj.org/article/45e8922230cf4109bd8837220f54f6fe EN eng Taylor & Francis Group www.circumpolarhealthjournal.net/index.php/ijch/article/download/21466/pdf_1 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 doi:10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21466 2242-3982 https://doaj.org/article/45e8922230cf4109bd8837220f54f6fe International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 72, Iss 0, Pp 1-8 (2013) temperature seasonality obesity hypertension cardiovascular disease Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2013 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21466 2022-12-31T13:33:46Z Background. The influence of environmental conditions early in life – including temperature and season – on health later in life has so far not attracted much attention. Objective. Using data from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study of 13,345 men and women, the influence of temperature and season at month of conception on birth weight, and on cardiovascular diseases and obesity-related traits in later life was studied. Design. Linear regressions were fitted to examine the relationship between birth weight/obesity-related variables/hypertension and alternatively month of conception and average temperature of month of conception. The incidence of both coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease was assumed to follow a Weibull hazard model, and was modelled accordingly using survival analysis techniques. Results. In women, unusually cold temperatures at month of conception predicted lower body mass index (BMI) and fat percentage, and protected from obesity. Warmer temperatures at month of conception were associated with higher risk for hypertension. In men, warmer temperatures around conception predicted lower BMI. No seasonal influences were detected on obesity-related variables, nor were there seasonal or temperature mediated influences on birth weight, coronary heart disease or cerebrovascular disease observed. Conclusions. We suggest that ambient temperature has an influence on obesity-related outcomes and hypertension. This merits further study, also with regard to other health outcomes and from a global perspective. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic International Journal of Circumpolar Health 72 1 21466 |
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Background. The influence of environmental conditions early in life – including temperature and season – on health later in life has so far not attracted much attention. Objective. Using data from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study of 13,345 men and women, the influence of temperature and season at month of conception on birth weight, and on cardiovascular diseases and obesity-related traits in later life was studied. Design. Linear regressions were fitted to examine the relationship between birth weight/obesity-related variables/hypertension and alternatively month of conception and average temperature of month of conception. The incidence of both coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease was assumed to follow a Weibull hazard model, and was modelled accordingly using survival analysis techniques. Results. In women, unusually cold temperatures at month of conception predicted lower body mass index (BMI) and fat percentage, and protected from obesity. Warmer temperatures at month of conception were associated with higher risk for hypertension. In men, warmer temperatures around conception predicted lower BMI. No seasonal influences were detected on obesity-related variables, nor were there seasonal or temperature mediated influences on birth weight, coronary heart disease or cerebrovascular disease observed. Conclusions. We suggest that ambient temperature has an influence on obesity-related outcomes and hypertension. This merits further study, also with regard to other health outcomes and from a global perspective. |
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Nadja Schreier Elena Moltchanova Tom Forsén Eero Kajantie Johan G. Eriksson |
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Seasonality and ambient temperature at time of conception in term-born individuals – influences on cardiovascular disease and obesity in adult life |
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Seasonality and ambient temperature at time of conception in term-born individuals – influences on cardiovascular disease and obesity in adult life |
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Seasonality and ambient temperature at time of conception in term-born individuals – influences on cardiovascular disease and obesity in adult life |
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Seasonality and ambient temperature at time of conception in term-born individuals – influences on cardiovascular disease and obesity in adult life |
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Seasonality and ambient temperature at time of conception in term-born individuals – influences on cardiovascular disease and obesity in adult life |
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