Open AccessBirthweight, childhood growth, and blood pressure at 43 years in a British birth cohort
Author(s) -
Rebecca Hardy
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyh027
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , confounding , blood pressure , cohort study , obesity , cohort , birth weight , socioeconomic status , pregnancy , demography , pediatrics , population , endocrinology , environmental health , sociology , biology , genetics
Low birthweight is associated with high blood pressure in later life, but it is unclear whether the association is confounded with or modified by maternal and socioeconomic factors or childhood growth.
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