Birthweight, childhood growth and left ventricular structure at age 60–64 years in a British birth cohort study | Zendy

Rebecca Hardy | Zendy; Arjun K. Ghosh | Zendy; John Deanfield | Zendy; Diana Kuh | Zendy; Alun D. Hughes | Zendy

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Birthweight, childhood growth and left ventricular structure at age 60–64 years in a British birth cohort study

Author(s) -

Rebecca Hardy,

Arjun K. Ghosh,

John Deanfield,

Diana Kuh,

Alun D. Hughes

Publication year - 2016

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/dyw150

Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , body mass index , confidence interval , odds ratio , demography , prospective cohort study , cohort , left ventricular hypertrophy , cohort study , mass index , pediatrics , blood pressure , sociology

High left ventricular mass (LVM) is an independent predictor of cardiovascular disease and mortality, but information relating LVM in older age to growth in early life is limited. We assessed the relationship of birthweight, height and body mass index (BMI) and overweight across childhood and adolescence with later life left ventricular (LV) structure.

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