The impact of birth weight on pulse pressure during adolescence

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 187-192

  Lurbe, Empar ^a   Torró, Isabel ^a   Alvarez, Vicente ^a   Aguilar, Francisco ^a   Redon, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Birth weight; Children; Pulse pressure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULSE;

EID: 4344631444     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126097-200408000-00003     Document Type: Article

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