Fetal, Developmental, and Parental Influences on Childhood Systolic Blood Pressure in 600 Sib Pairs
Author(s) -
David A. Leon,
Ilona Koupil,
Vera Mann,
Torsten Tuvemo,
Gunilla Lindmark,
Rawya Mohsen,
Liisa Byberg,
Hans Lithell
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.104.497610
Subject(s) - blood pressure , medicine , birth weight , offspring , gestation , fetus , gestational age , obstetrics , pregnancy , pediatrics , biology , genetics
Little is known about the contribution of maternal and paternal factors to the inverse association between birth weight and later blood pressure in human offspring. A study of within- and between-family associations of birth weight with blood pressure, which collected data on both parents, would address this gap in our knowledge.
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