Birth weight and the risk of histological subtypes of ovarian and endometrial cancers: Results from the Copenhagen School Health Records Register
Having a normal birth weight is a biological advantage. Low birth weights are associated with prematurity and intra uterine pathology. Greater than normal birth weights may be associated with gestational diabetes and can result in birth trauma.
For Australian women the current normal range, (within two standard deviations) is a measurement of 2791g at the lower limit and 4176g at the upper end. This study looked at live births in Denmark between 1930 and 1987 (162,559) and compared the birth weights with the risk of future ovarian cancer.
Findings from the retrospective review showed that both low birth weight and high birth weights were associated with an increased cancer risk. Most of the increased risk was for serous ovarian cancer.
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