Birth Weight Does Not Predict Blood Pressure in a Young Working Population: A Sharp (Scottish Heart and Arterial Disease Risk Prevention) Study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 298-301

  Libby, Gillian ^a   McEwan, Shirley R ^a   Belch, Jill J ^a   Morris, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth Weight; Blood Pressure; Body Mass Index; SHARP; Walker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOTTISH HEART AND ARTERIAL DISEASE RISK PREVENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; SCOTLAND;

EID: 40949105664     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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