Birth Weight and Lipids in a National Birth Cohort Study

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 588-594

  Skidmore, Paula M L ^a,b   Hardy, Rebecca J ^a   Kuh, Diana J ^a   Langenberg, Claudia ^a   Wadsworth, Michael E J ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Body mass index; Cholesterol; Epidemiology; Height

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD GROWTH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 1542516428     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000116692.85043.ef     Document Type: Article

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