Birth weight and adult hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and obesity in US men

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3246-3250

  Curhan, Gary C ^a,b,c   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Rimm, Eric B ^a,b   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Ascherio, Alberto L ^a   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

birth weight; diabetes mellitus; epidemiology; hypertension; obesity

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030481473     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.12.3246     Document Type: Article

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