Low Birth Weight Predicts Higher Blood Pressure but Not Dermal Capillary Density in Two Populations

Hypertension

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 610-613

  Irving, R John ^a   Shore, Angela C ^d   Belton, Neville R ^b   Elton, Robert A ^c   Webb, David J ^a   Walker, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Division of Child Life and Health   (United Kingdom)

^c Capital House   (United Kingdom)

^d PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Capillaries; Children; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BOY; CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDEX FINGER; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN CAPILLARY; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPILLARIES; CHILD; DERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 1442337409     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000116029.85706.5f     Document Type: Article

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