Maternal educational level and blood pressure, aortic stiffness, cardiovascular structure and functioning in childhood: The generation R study

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-98

  Bouthoorn, Selma H ^a   Van Lenthe, Frank J ^a   De Jonge, Layla L ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Van Osch Gevers, Lennie ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a   Raat, Hein ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Blood pressure; Cardiac function; Cardiac structures; Childhood; Hypertension; Maternal educational level

Indexed keywords

AORTA ROOT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CAROTID FEMORAL PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NETHERLANDS; PARENTAL SCHOOLING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE WAVE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC FUNCTION; CARDIAC STRUCTURES; CHILDHOOD; HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL EDUCATIONAL LEVEL.;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84890542455     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpt180     Document Type: Article

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