Ordeals for the fetal programming hypothesis. The hypothesis largely survives one ordeal but not another.

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Insulin resistance and the polycystic ovary syndrome revisited: an update on mechanisms and implications.Endocrine reviews · 2012
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2. The fetal origins of adult disease: a narrative review of the epidemiological literature.JRSM short reports · 2012
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3. Birth weight and adult lung function: a within-pair analysis of twins followed up from birth.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2008
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4. Higher maternal dietary protein intake in late pregnancy is associated with a lower infant ponderal index at birth.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2007
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5. Low birth weight for gestation and airway function in infancy: exploring the fetal origins hypothesis.Thorax · 2004
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6. Can perinatal supplementation of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids prevent diabetes mellitus?European journal of clinical nutrition · 2003
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7. The Atherosclerosis Risk in Young Adults (ARYA) study: rationale and design.European journal of epidemiology · 2003
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8. The treatment of parental height as a biological factor in studies of birth weight and childhood growth.Archives of disease in childhood · 2002
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9. Limitations of models used to examine the influence of nutrition during pregnancy and adult disease.Archives of disease in childhood · 2000
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10. Twins and fetal programming of blood pressure. Questioning the role of genes and maternal nutrition.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 1999
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11. Twins and the fetal origins hypothesis. Many variables differ between twins and singleton infants.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 1999
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Corrections and comments

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  Twins and maternal smoking: ordeals for the fetal origins hypothesis? A cohort study.1999

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