Is the mothers' country of birth associated with the sex of their offspring in England and Wales from 2007 to 2011?
There was no evidence of an excess of males born to women from India in England and Wales. An excess of males were observed in mothers born in South-East Asia, the Middle East and South America. Women born in Africa are less likely to give birth to boys than UK born mothers, an observation that is consistent with previous data.
Together these results indicate that LXR exerts salutary effects in cardiac hypertrophy, possibly via metabolic remodelling.