Associations between childhood body size, composition, blood pressure and adult cardiac structure: the Fels Longitudinal Study.

To determine whether childhood body size, composition and blood pressure are associated with adult cardiac structure by estimating childhood "age of divergence."385 female and 312 male participants in the Fels Longitudinal Study had echocardiographic measurements of left ventricular mass,...

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Main Authors: Roy T Sabo, Miao-Shan Yen, Stephen Daniels, Shumei S Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4156369?pdf=render