Birthweight, childhood growth and left ventricular structure at age 60–64 years in a British birth cohort study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1091-1102

  Hardy, Rebecca ^a   Ghosh, Arjun K ^a,b,c   Deanfield, John ^a   Kuh, Diana ^a   Hughes, Alun D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Birthweight; Growth; Left ventricular structure; Life course; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BONE); FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; AGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007555005     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw150     Document Type: Review

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