Offspring birth weight and cardiovascular risk in parents-A population-based HUNT 2 study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 546-555

  Myklestad, Kirsti ^a,b   Vatten, Lars Johan ^a   Magnussen, Elisabeth Balstad ^a,b   Salvesen, Kjell Smund ^b,c   Smith, George Davey ^d   Romundstad, Pål Richard ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d School for Social and Community Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiovascular risk factors; fetal insulin hypothesis; offspring birth weight; paternal genes

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES; GLUCOSE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIPID; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGENY; SOCIAL STATUS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPIDS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORWAY; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

NORWAY;

EID: 84863361301     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr347     Document Type: Article

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