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Cardiovascular risk factors at age 30 following pre-term birth
Author(s) -
Stuart R Dalziel,
Varsha Parag,
Anthony Rodgers,
Jane E. Harding
Publication year - 2007
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/dym067
Subject(s) - medicine , birth weight , gestational age , blood pressure , low birth weight , small for gestational age , insulin resistance , pediatrics , obstetrics , insulin , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Recent epidemiological evidence has shown increased rates of cardiovascular mortality and associated risk factors in those born small. However, scarce information exists concerning cardiovascular risk factors in adulthood following pre-term birth, or distinguishing the relative contributions of length of gestation and fetal growth to small size at birth.

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