Table 1. Windows of exposure to the 1959–1961 Chinese Great Famine in the 1957–1964 birth cohort, Zhongshan and Nanhai municipalities, Guangdong province, China.
Date of birth (mm/dd/yyyy) | Exposure to the famine (January 1959 - September 1961) | Age in 2010 (years) |
01/01/1957-12/31/1958 | Infancy (<2 years postnatal) only | 51–53 |
01/01/1959-09/30/1961 | Both fetal development and infancy | 49–51 |
10/01/1961-06/30/1962 | Fetal development only | 48–49 |
10/01/1961-12/31/1961 | 1st, 2nd and 3rd trimester | 49 |
01/01/1962-03/31/1962 | 1st and 2nd trimester | 48 |
04/01/1962-06/30/1962 | 1st trimester only | 48 |
07/01/1962-12/31/1964 | No exposure (reference group) | 46–48 |