Open AccessAnalysis of ‘sensitive’ periods of fetal and child growth
Author(s) -
Xun Zhang,
Kate Tilling,
Richard M. Martin,
Emily Oken,
Ashley I. Naimi,
Izzuddin M. Aris,
Seungmi Yang,
Michael S. Kramer
Publication year - 2018
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/dyy045
Subject(s) - weight gain , medicine , birth weight , blood pressure , cohort study , pediatrics , demography , body weight , pregnancy , biology , sociology , genetics
Birth weight and weight gain in infancy and early childhood are commonly studied as risk factors for later cardiometabolic diseases. In this study, we explore methods for quantifying weight gain during different age periods and for comparing the magnitude of the associations with later blood pressure.
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