Early Life Exposure to the Great Chinese Famine and Cardiometabolic Outcomes
In this cohort study of Chinese immigrants, early life famine exposure was strongly associated with increased risks of incident T2D and hypertension, but not cardiovascular hospitalization. Early life undernutrition is a novel cardiometabolic risk factor among immigrants associated with the burden of T2D and hypertension in high-income countries.
Authors
- Ning Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9215-475X)
- Douglas S. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7078-745X)
- Calvin Ke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9944-4976)
- Zhen Hong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0014-6873)
- Anne Cao
- Jennifer Xiao
Institutions
- University Health Network (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Queen's University (CA)
- Toronto General Hospital (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.45444
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.49
Funders
- Diabetes Canada
- Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care