Birth size, growth, and blood pressure between the ages of 7 and 26 years: Failure to support the fetal origins hypothesis

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 155, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 849-852

  Williams, Sheila ^a   Poulton, Richie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Blood pressure; Body height; Body weight; Growth; Longitudinal studies

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036569733     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/155.9.849     Document Type: Article

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