Self-Reported Birthweight and History of Having Been Breastfed among Younger Women: An Assessment of Validity
TROY L, MICHELS K, HUNTER D, SPIEGELMAN D, MANSON J, COLDITZ G, STAMPFER M, WILLETT W. Self-Reported Birthweight and History of Having Been Breastfed among Younger Women: An Assessment of Validity. International Journal Of Epidemiology 1996, 25: 122-127. PMID: 8666479, DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.1.122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-reported birthweightState birth recordsSelf-reported historyCohort participantsBirth recordsDuration of breastfeedingMiddle-aged womenYears of ageDistribution of birthweightsAssessment of validityParticipants' self-reported historyBreastfeeding historyNHSII participantsBirthweightHealth outcomesPotential associationYoung womenSpearman correlationFeeding historyRecent evidenceMothersWomenMothers' reportsReportDaughters' reports