The association between birth by cesarean section and adolescent cardiorespiratory fitness in a cohort of 339,451 Swedish males

Abstract Birth by cesarean section is increasing worldwide and associates with offspring morbidities capable of adversely impacting cardiorespiratory fitness later in life. Whether birth by cesarean section associates with lower levels of cardiorespiratory fitness later in life is unknown and is of...

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Main Authors: Lucas D. Ekstrom, Viktor H. Ahlqvist, Margareta Persson, Cecilia Magnusson, Daniel Berglind
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-75775-2