Julie Aarestrup, Britt W Jensen, Dorthe C Pedersen, Niels Kroman, Lene Mellemkjær, Jennifer L Baker, Lise G Bjerregaard
A high childhood body mass index (BMI) may be protective against benign breast disease (BBD), but little is known about the effects of other early life body size measures. Thus, we examined associations between birthweight, childhood BMI, height, and pubertal timing and BBD risks. We included 171,272 girls, born from 1930 to 1996, from the Copenhagen School Health Records Register, which contains information on birthweight, childhood anthropometry (7-13 years), age at onset of the growth spurt (OGS), and peak height velocity (PHV)...
June 2, 2022: European Journal of Pediatrics