Associations of gestational age and intrauterine growth with systolic blood pressure in a family-based study of 386 485 men in 331 089 families

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 562-568

  Lawlor, Debbie A ^a   Hübinette, Anna ^b   Tynelius, Per ^c   Leon, David A ^d   Smith, George Davey ^a   Rasmussen, Finn ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Blood pressure; Epidemiology; Fetal development; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33846881819     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.646661     Document Type: Article

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