Open AccessMaternal protein-energy supplementation does not affect adolescent blood pressure in The Gambia
Author(s) -
Sophie Hawkesworth,
Andrew M. Prentice,
Anthony J. C. Fulford,
Sophie E. Moore
Publication year - 2008
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/dyn156
Subject(s) - offspring , affect (linguistics) , medicine , pregnancy , blood pressure , randomized controlled trial , obstetrics , pediatrics , physiology , biology , psychology , genetics , communication
Birthweight, and by inference maternal nutrition during pregnancy, is thought to be an important determinant of offspring blood pressure but the evidence base for this in humans is lacking data from randomized controlled trials.
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