Associations of birth order with early growth and adolescent height, body composition, and blood pressure: Prospective birth cohort from Brazil

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1028-1035

  Wells, Jonathan C K ^a   Hallal, Pedro C ^b   Reichert, Felipe F ^b   Dumith, Samuel C ^b   Menezes, Ana M ^b   Victora, Cesar G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

birth order; blood pressure; body composition; growth; motor activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEUTERIUM; GROWTH; HEALTH RISK; HEIGHT; MAGNITUDE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH ORDER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAZIL;

EID: 80054961331     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr232     Document Type: Review

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