Increased nocturnal blood pressure in healthy prepubertal twins

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1319-1324

  Jefferies, Craig A ^a   Hofman, Paul L ^a   Wong, William ^b   Robinson, Elizabeth M ^b   Cutfield, Wayne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Fasting plasma cortisol; Fetal origins of adult disease; Increased nocturnal blood pressure; Percentage nocturnal dipping; Twins

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NIGHT; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD NUTRITION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETICS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TWINS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0042093791     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200307000-00020     Document Type: Article

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