Dose birthweight matter to quality of life? A comparison between Japan, the U.S., and India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Birthweight is a widely accepted indicator of infant health and has significant and lasting associations. Several studies have found that low and high birthweight have significant negative associations with adult health. A new study in the field of social sciences has established that birthweight has significant negative associations with not only adult health but also social attributes, such as income and occupation; however, no studies have evaluated the associations between birthweight and quality-of-life (QOL) attributes such as happiness.

Methods

In this study, we use data from Japan, the U.S., and India, collected in 2011, in which the respondents were asked about their own birthweights to examine the long-term associations between low and high birthweight a

SUBMITTER: Yamane C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9487066 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature