Association between low birthweight and high resting pulse in adult life: Is the sympathetic nervous system involved in programming the insulin resistance syndrome?

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 673-677

  Phillips, David I W ^a   Barker, David J P ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Blood pressure; Pulse rate

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULSE RATE; SOCIAL CLASS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030793211     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199708)14:8<673::AID-DIA458>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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