Is infant weight associated with childhood blood pressure? Analysis of the Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT) cohort | Zendy

Kate Tilling | Zendy; Neil M Davies | Zendy; Frank Windmeijer | Zendy; Michael S. Kramer | Zendy; Natalia Bogdanovich | Zendy; Lidia Matush | Zendy; Rita Patel | Zendy; George Davey Smith | Zendy; Yoav BenShlomo | Zendy; Richard M. Martin | Zendy

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Is infant weight associated with childhood blood pressure? Analysis of the Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT) cohort

Author(s) -

Kate Tilling,

Neil M Davies,

Frank Windmeijer,

Michael S. Kramer,

Natalia Bogdanovich,

Lidia Matush,

Rita Patel,

George Davey Smith,

Yoav BenShlomo,

Richard M. Martin

Publication year - 2011

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/dyr119

Subject(s) - medicine , weight gain , breastfeeding , blood pressure , birth weight , pediatrics , confidence interval , randomized controlled trial , cohort study , pregnancy , body weight , biology , genetics

Weight gain during infancy may programme later health outcomes, but examination of this hypothesis requires appropriate lifecourse methods and detailed weight gain measures during childhood. We examined associations between weight gain in infancy and early childhood and blood pressure at the age of 6.5 years in healthy children born at term.

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