“…However, evidence for an association between low birth weight and adult dyslipidemias is inconsistent (Laur en et al, 2003;Huxley et al, 2004), as is evidence for an association between post-natal growth acceleration and outcome lipids (Bavdekar et al, 1999;Tenhola et al, 2000;Miura et al, 2001;Bennett et al, 2002;Eriksson et al, 2002;Cianfarani et al, 2003;Parker et al, 2003;Fagerberg et al, 2004;Finken et al, 2006;Skidmore et al, 2007;Kajantie et al, 2008;Torre et al, 2008;Horta et al, 2009;Tzoulaki et al, 2010). Differences in subject ages and socioeconomic statuses across these studies (Parker et al, 2003) probably contributed to their variable results, but are likely to be responsible for only some of the inconsistencies.…”