| Deaths from cerebrovascular diseases correlated to month of birth: elevated risk of death from subarachnoid hemorrhage among summer-born. | |
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PMID: 11131289 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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It has been suggested that maternal nutrition, and fetal and infant growth have an important effect on the risk of cardiovascular disease in adult life. We investigated the population-based distribution of deaths from cerebrovascular diseases (ICD9 codes 430, 431, or 434) in Japan in 1986-1994 as a function of birth month, by examining death-certificate records. For a total of 853 981 people born in the years 1900-1959, the distribution of the number of deaths according to the month of birth was compared with the distribution expected from the monthly numbers of all births for each sex and for the corresponding birth decade. For those born between 1920 and 1949, there were significant discrepancies between the actual numbers of deaths from subarachnoid hemorrhage (ICD9 430) and the numbers expected, and these differences were related to the month of birth. Those born in summer, June-September, consistently had an elevated risk of death, particularly men, where the excess risk was 8%-23%. This tendency was also observed, less distinctly but significantly, for deaths from intracerebral hemorrhage (ICD9 431), but was not observed for those dying from occlusion of the cerebral arteries (ICD9 434). The observation that the risk of dying from subarachnoid hemorrhage was more than 10% higher among those born in the summer implies that at least one in ten deaths from subarachnoid hemorrhage has its origin at a perinatal stage. Although variations in hypertension in later life, which could possibly be "programmed" during the intra-uterine stages, could be an explanation for this observation, the disease-specific nature of the observation suggests the involvement of aneurysm formation, which is a predominant cause of subarachnoid hemorrhage. |
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Authors:
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K Nonaka; Y Imaizumi |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: International journal of biometeorology Volume: 44 ISSN: 0020-7128 ISO Abbreviation: Int J Biometeorol Publication Date: 2000 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2000-12-22 Completed Date: 2001-01-18 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0374716 Medline TA: Int J Biometeorol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 182-5 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Hygiene, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. nonaka@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp |
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Aged Aged, 80 and over Cause of Death Female Humans Hypertension / complications Infant, Low Birth Weight* Infant, Newborn Intracranial Aneurysm / complications, etiology Japan / epidemiology Male Middle Aged Reproductive History* Risk Factors Seasons Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / etiology, mortality* |
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