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Testing a Capacity-Load Model for Hypertension: Disentangling Early and Late Growth Effects on Childhood Blood Pressure in a Prospective Birth Cohort

BACKGROUND: In 2005, it was estimated that hypertension affected 26.4% of the adult population worldwide. By 2025, it is predicted that it will affect about 60% of adults, a total of 1.56 billion. Both pre- and postnatal growth patterns have been associated with later blood pressure (BP), but in con...

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Autores principales: Grijalva-Eternod, Carlos S., Lawlor, Debbie A., Wells, Jonathan C. K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3566037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23405253
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056078