Effect of maternal calcium supplementation on offspring blood pressure in 5- to 10-y-old rural Gambian children

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 741-747

  Hawkesworth, Sophie ^a   Sawo, Yankuba ^b   Fulford, Anthony J C ^a,b   Goldberg, Gail R ^a,b   Jarjou, Landing M A ^b   Prentice, Ann ^a,b   Moore, Sophie E ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; LIPID;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; OSCILLOMETRY; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEART RATE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 78049451249     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.29475     Document Type: Article

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