Associations between birthweight and weight change during infancy and later childhood, and systolic blood pressure at age 15 years: The COMPASS study

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-253

  Kark, Malin ^a,b   Tynelius, Per ^b   Rasmussen, Finn ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Childhood weight gain; Fetal growth; Infant growth; Puberty; Systolic blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBERTY; REGISTER; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEDEN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH; INFANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; SYSTOLE;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PUBERTY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SWEDEN; SYSTOLE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 63449091525     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2008.01007.x     Document Type: Article

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