Sanitation and diarrhoea in infancy and CRP level at 18 years: the birth-to-twenty plus cohort

Background: Cardiometabolic disease is associated with chronic low-grade inflammation. While low birthweight, childhood stunting and rapid weight gain predict higher adult high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) concentrations, associations between childhood infections and adulthood CRP are inc...

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Main Authors: Rihlat Said-Mohamed, Aryeh D. Stein, John M. Pettifor, Shane A. Norris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-07-01
Series:Annals of Human Biology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2019.1657496