Season of birth affects short‐ and long‐term survival
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8316595 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marta Muñoz‐tudurí (0009-0002-2184-4061, Universitat de Barcelona, corresponding author), Clara García‐moro (0000-0003-0130-1887, Universitat de Barcelona) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 135 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 462-468 |
| Publication date | 2008-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.20770 |
| PMID | 18186510 |
| OpenAlex | W2059105195 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 20 |
Recent research findings have highlighted the importance of early life conditions as risk factors for adult diseases and therefore determinants of subsequent survival. Given that individuals born during different seasons in seasonal environments experience different early‐developmental conditions, an analysis of the effects of the season of birth on survival is considered an effective approach in clarifying the influence of early life conditions on survival in later life. In the present study, we analyzed the long‐term effects of early developmental conditions in a historical population in which both nutritional levels and the burden of infectious diseases showed a seasonal variation. Using a semi‐computerized linkage process, we were able to match birth and death data for 4,646 individuals born between 1634 and 1870 in the village of Es Mercadal (Minorca Island, Spain). To determine ecological differences associated with the season of birth, we first evaluated the association between season of birth and early life survival. This analysis helped us to determine seasonal variations in early life conditions such as infectious burden and nutritional levels. The season of birth had a significant effect on long‐term survival in the birth cohort 1800–1870: summer births had a lower risk of death after age 15. We explain these results in terms of lower susceptibility to degenerative diseases in adult years due to superior in utero nutrition for summer births. These findings support the fetal origin hypothesis which states that the early life environment plays a key role in shaping the subsequent phenotype and risk of adult disease. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2008. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc
Biology · Cohort · Cohort study · Fetus · In utero · Population · Pregnancy · Season of birth · Survival analysis · Birth, Development, and Health · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Demography · Genetics · Medicine
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |