Beyond birth-weight: early growth and adolescent blood pressure in a Peruvian population

Beyond birth-weight: early growth and adolescent blood pressure in a Peruvian population

Background. Longitudinal investigations into the origins of adult essential hypertension have found elevated blood pressure in children to accurately track into adulthood, however the direct causes of essential hypertension in adolescence and adulthood remains unclear.Methods. We revisited 152 Peruv...

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Main Authors: Robie Sterling, William Checkley, Robert H. Gilman, Lilia Cabrera, Charles R. Sterling, Caryn Bern, J. Jaime Miranda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2014-06-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Developmental origins
Lifecourse
Hypertension
Blood pressure
Obesity
Growth and development
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/381.pdf

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