Open AccessLife-course body mass index trajectories and blood pressure in mid life in two British birth cohorts: stronger associations in the later-born generation
Author(s) -
Leah Li,
Rebecca Hardy,
Diana Kuh,
Chris Power
Publication year - 2015
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/dyv106
Subject(s) - cohort , body mass index , medicine , demography , obesity , blood pressure , life course approach , cohort study , pediatrics , psychology , social psychology , sociology
Little is known about the impact of recent increases in obesity and more rapid gains in body mass index (BMI) on cardiovascular risk factors. We investigated life-course BMI trajectories associations with adult blood pressure (BP) across two generations.
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