The relatively small contribution of birth weight to blood pressure at age 49-51 years in the Newcastle Thousand Families Study

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1077-1084

  Mann, Kay D ^a   Tennant, Peter W G ^a   Parker, Louise ^b   Unwin, Nigel C ^a,c   Pearce, Mark S ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

birth weight; blood pressure; obesity; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 85027937118     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328346d76c     Document Type: Article

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