Associations of prepregnancy cardiovascular risk factors with the offspring's birth weight

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 166, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1359-1364

  Romundstad, Pål R ^a,c   Smith, George Davey ^b   Nilsen, Tom I L ^a   Vatten, Lars J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular diseases; Glucose; Lipids; Pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GLUCOSE; HEALTH RISK; LIPID; MORTALITY RISK; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PROGENY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; LIPIDS; MALE; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 36749023273     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm272     Document Type: Article

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