Open AccessChildhood vascular phenotypes have differing associations with prenatal and postnatal growth
Author(s) -
Line Sletner,
S Crozier,
Hazel Inskip,
Keith M. Godfrey,
Pamela Mahon,
Scott T Chiesa,
Marietta Charakida,
Cyrus Cooper,
Mark Hanson
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.249
H-Index - 172
eISSN - 1473-5598
pISSN - 0263-6352
DOI - 10.1097/hjh.0000000000002870
Subject(s) - medicine , phenotype , genetics , gene , biology
In children aged 8--9 years, we examined the associations of linear and abdominal circumference growth during critical stages of prenatal and postnatal development with six vascular measurements commonly used as early markers of atherosclerosis and later cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk.