Low birth weight is associated with elevated systolic blood pressure in adolescence: A prospective study of a birth cohort of 149 378 swedish boys

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1627-1631

  Nilsson, Peter M ^a   Östergren, Per Olof ^b   Nyberg, Per ^c   Söderström, Margareta ^c   Allebeck, Peter ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Malmö ^*  (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Birth weight; Blood pressure; Fetal; Male

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MILITARY SERVICE; NEWBORN; PARITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0031446544     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199715120-00064     Document Type: Article

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