Birth weight and systolic blood pressure in adolescence and adulthood: Meta-regression analysis of sex- and age-specific results from 20 nordic studies

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 634-645

  Gamborg, Michael ^a   Byberg, Liisa ^b   Rasmussen, Finn ^c   Andersen, Per Kragh ^d   Baker, Jennifer L ^a   Bengtsson, Calle ^e   Canoy, Dexter ^f,g,h   Drøyvold, Wenche ^i,j   Eriksson, Johan G ^k   Forsén, Tom ^k   Gunnarsdottir, Ingibjörg ^l   Järvelin, Marjo Riitta ^f,g   Koupil, Ilona ^m   Lapidus, Leif ^e   Nilsen, Tom I ⁱ   Olsen, Sjurdur F ⁿ   Schack Nielsen, Lene ^a,o   Thorsdottir, Inga ^l   Tuomainen, Tomi Pekka ^k,p   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^a  

^a The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^j SINTEF   (Norway)

^k NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^l LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^m STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁿ DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^o UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^p UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

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Author keywords

Birth weight; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular diseases; Fetal development; Growth; Meta analysis; Publication bias; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; AGE; BODY MASS; GROWTH; META-ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA; SEX FACTORS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 34548324337     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm042     Document Type: Article

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