Merel van Witteloostuijn, Paul Boersma, Frank Wijnen, Judith Rispens
The contribution of individual differences in statistical learning to reading and spelling performance in children with and without dyslexia
Dyslexia (Chichester, England)
early life environment recognized key factor contributing susceptibility certain diseases later life initiated cohort study among school children 2011 primarily investigate associations lifestyle environmental factors surrogate markers chronic diseases cardiometabolic risk factors ie obesity high blood pressure high blood glucose insulin lipids cancer risk factors ie height age menarche baseline questionnaire asked information including demographic variables medical history use medication dietary habits physical activity sleep habits behavioral emotional problems children followup surveys planned fourth grade elementary school first grade junior high school followup surveys fasting blood samples obtained measure cardiometabolic markers also checked validity food frequency questionnaire originally created 6yearolds modified use older children total 3141 firstyear students elementary schools hekinan city aichi prefecture participated study response rate 874 means age body mass index 699 standard deviation 028 years 153 standard deviation 17 kgm2 respectively 3067 japanese children 1639 boys 1428 girls cohort reveal determinants cardiometabolic risk factors cancer risk factors childhood