Journal article
Birth weight and body mass index z-score in childhood brain tumors: A cross-sectional study
Abstract
Children with brain tumors (CBT) are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes compared to the general population, in which birth weight is a risk factor for these diseases. However, this is not known in CBT. The primary aim of this study was to explore the association between birth weight and body mass measures in CBT, compared to non-cancer controls. This is a secondary data analysis using cross-sectional data from the …
Authors
Wang K-W; de Souza RJ; Fleming A; Johnston DL; Zelcer SM; Rassekh SR; Burrow S; Thabane L; Samaan MC
Journal
Scientific Reports, Vol. 8, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
DOI
10.1038/s41598-018-19924-8
ISSN
2045-2322