Maternal Size at Birth and the Development of Hypertension During Pregnancy | Zendy

Mark A. Klebanoff | Zendy; Niels Jørgen Secher | Zendy; Birgitte R. Mednick | Zendy; Charlotte Schulsinger | Zendy

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Maternal Size at Birth and the Development of Hypertension During Pregnancy

Author(s) -

Mark A. Klebanoff,

Niels Jørgen Secher,

Birgitte R. Mednick,

Charlotte Schulsinger

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.159.14.1607

Subject(s) - medicine , gestational hypertension , pregnancy , obstetrics , gestation , odds ratio , blood pressure , gestational age , birth weight , population , small for gestational age , pediatrics , genetics , environmental health , biology

Whether individuals who were small at birth are at increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease (the Barker hypothesis) is a topic of great controversy. Although an increased risk has been suggested by several reports, the reports have been criticized for being based on ill-defined populations, for the large numbers of subjects who were unavailable for follow-up, and for inadequate control of socioeconomic status.

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