Dorthe C Pedersen

Biographic Data

ID4310846
NAMEDorthe C Pedersen
GIVEN NAMESDorthe C
FAMILY NAMEPedersen
SIGNATUREPEDERSEN D C
AFFILIATIONSCenter for Clinical Research and Prevention
ORCID0000-0003-2227-323X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX0

  • Changes and correlations in height from 7 to 69 years of age across the birth years of 1930 to 1989

    Open AccessDorthe C Pedersen, Kathrine Damm Meyle et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2020

    OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to describe changes in height during childhood and to investigate potential changes in the proportion of children attaining final height in childhood and in correlations between child and adult height across birth cohorts. METHODS: We included 363 059 children (179 906 girls) from the Copenhagen School Health Records Register, who were born between 1930 and 1989, with height measurements at ages 7, 10, or 1…

  • Breastfeeding duration in infancy and adult risks of type 2 diabetes in a high‐income country

    Open AccessLise G Bjerregaard, Dorthe C Pedersen et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2019

    Observed associations between breastfeeding and reduced risk of type 2 diabetes in adulthood may be confounded. We examined if the duration of breastfeeding in infancy was associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes in adulthood after adjustment for a range of prenatal and postnatal risk factors. We prospectively followed 6,044 individuals from the Copenhagen Perinatal Cohort born 1959-1961. Duration of any breastfeeding (≤0.5, >0.5-1, >1-2, >2-4…