Association of diarrhoea in childhood with blood pressure and coronary heart disease in older age: Analyses of two UK cohort studies

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1349-1355

  Batty, David G ^a   Smith, George Davey ^b   Fall, Caroline H D ^c   Sayer, Avan Aihie ^c   Dennison, Elaine ^c   Cooper, Cyrus ^c   Gale, Catharine R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Children; Coronary heart disease; Diarrhoea; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; HYPERTENSION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CHILD; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORONARY DISEASE; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36949015004     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym178     Document Type: Article

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