Babies who are short when growing up easily commit suicide

Young boys with short bodies in their mothers' womb will have twice the risk of suicide when they reach adulthood, those under 47 cm are at highest risk, Swedish experts noted.

Published in Epidemiology and Community Health, the authors say it is possible that difficult embryonic growth has long-term effects on brain chemistry. The team from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm investigated national data on men born between 1973 and 1980, and their attempts to commit suicide until 1999.

The length of birth can influence mental stress later.(Photo: BBC)

The shortest children are compared to those of average length, between 50 and 51 cm. There are 759 violent suicides - described as hanging, using guns or knives, jumping from above or jumping in front of the car or drowning - in the group.

Scientists found the strongest association between the length of birth and suicide.

In addition, low birth weight babies (less than 2.5 kg) also have an increase in the number of suicides. Men who were born at a normal length, but low in adulthood, also had 56 percent higher attempts to give up their lives than tall men.

Dr. Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz, the leader of the study, said that the slow growth of the uterus - due to the mother's medication, alcohol consumption or poor eating - had affected both the height of the child at birth and the way The brain processes serotonin (chemicals associated with aggression). Both of these factors are decided in the second quarter of pregnancy.

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