The association of maternal prenatal psychosocial stress with vascular function in the child at age 10-11 years: Findings from the Avon longitudinal study of parents and children

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1097-1108

  Van Dijk, Aimée E ^a,b   Dawe, Karen ^c   Deanfield, John ^d   Stronks, Karien ^e   Gemke, Reinoud J B J ^d   Vrijkotte, Tanja G M ^a   Lawlor, Debbie A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; blood pressure; child; developmental origins of health and disease; fetal development; pregnancy; psychological; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED DILATATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; MENTAL STRESS; PATERNAL STRESS; POSTNATAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM; ANXIETY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; BRACHIAL ARTERY DIAMETER; BRACHIAL ARTERY DISTENSIBILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESS; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PULSE WAVE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84906558252     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487313486039     Document Type: Article

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