Early life factors and blood pressure at age 31 years in the 1966 northern Finland birth cohort.

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Data on the birth weight-blood pressure relationship are inconsistent. Although an inverse association has been suggested in several large studies, interpretation is complicated by publication and other biases. Few data are available on the relationship between other early growth measures and blood pressure. We examined the shape and size of association between determinants of fetal growth, size at birth, growth in infancy, and adult systolic and diastolic blood pressure at 31 years in the pr...

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Authors: Järvelin, MR; Sovio, U; King, V; Lauren, L; Xu, B

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Hypertension
• Volume: 44
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 838-846
• Publication date: 2004-12-01
• DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000148304.33869.ee
• EISSN: 1524-4563
• ISSN: 0194-911X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Adolescent; Body Mass Index; Male; Infant, Newborn; Female; Blood Pressure; Finland; Gestational Age; Birth Weight; Cohort Studies; Risk Factors; Humans; Adult; Cardiovascular Diseases