Birth weight and childhood blood pressure

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 596-602

  Edvardsson, Vidar O ^a,b   Steinthorsdottir, Sandra D ^a   Eliasdottir, Sigridur B ^a   Indridason, Olafur S ^a,b   Palsson, Runolfur ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Birthmeasures; Blood pressure percentile; Bloodpressure Z score; Body mass index; Body mass index percentile .Anthropometric measures .Maternal factors .Familyhistory; Catch up growth; Currentweight; Ethnicity; Genetics .Gender; Head circumference at birth; Hormonal effects; Hypertension; Intrauterine growth retardation; Length at birth; Nephron number; Prematurity; Race; Small for gestational age; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILDHOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PREMATURITY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84870551231     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-012-0311-6     Document Type: Article

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