Low birth weight predicts elevated plasma cortisol concentrations in adults from 3 populations

Hypertension

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1301-1306

  Phillips, David I W ^a   Walker, Brian R ^b   Reynolds, Rebecca M ^c   Flanagan, Daniel E H ^c   Wood, Peter J ^a   Osmond, Clive ^c   Barker, David J P ^c   Whorwood, Christopher B ^c  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adrenal glands; Blood pressure; Cortisol; Hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034126522     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.35.6.1301     Document Type: Article

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