Parental height in relation to offspring coronary heart disease: Examining transgenerational influences on health using the west of Scotland midspan family study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1776-1785

  Gray, Linsay ^a   Smith, George Davey ^b   Mcconnachie, Alex ^c   Watt, Graham C M ^c   Hart, Carole L ^c   Upton, Mark N ^d   Macfarlane, Peter W ^c   David Batty, G ^a,e,f  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d Woodlands Family Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Height; Intergenerational; Mortality

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HEIGHT; HERITABILITY; MATERNAL EFFECT; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATHER; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTHER; OCCUPATION; PARENTAL HEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84872162905     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys149     Document Type: Article

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