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Cardiovascular Disease
Early life factors linked to adult blood pressure
February 24th, 2005
Early life factors, such as gestational age and size at birth, among others, may be linked to adult blood pressure. According to a recent study published in the journal Hypertension, "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." M.R. Jarvelin and associates explained, "We examined the shape and size of association between determinants of fetal growth, size at birth, growth in...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-02-24)
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