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Current Hypertension Reports
Erschienen in: Current Hypertension Reports 6/2012

01.12.2012 | Pediatric Hypertension (JT Flynn, Section Editor)

Birth Weight and Childhood Blood Pressure

verfasst von: Vidar O Edvardsson, Sandra D Steinthorsdottir, Sigridur B Eliasdottir, Olafur S Indridason, Runolfur Palsson

Erschienen in: Current Hypertension Reports | Ausgabe 6/2012

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Abstract

A large body of literature suggests an inverse relationship between birth weight and blood pressure in children, adolescents and adults. The most persistent findings have been observed in children with a history of low birth weight or intrauterine growth restriction, while a large number of studies carried out in populations with normally distributed birth weight have shown conflicting results. A recently reported strong direct association between high birth weight and blood pressure, and the significant positive effect of postnatal growth on blood pressure suggests that the fetal origins of adult disease hypothesis should be expanded to include the role of excessive fetal and postnatal growth. In this paper, we review recent studies on the relationship between birth weight and blood pressure in childhood, with a focus on confounding variables that may explain the conflicting results of published work in this field.
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Metadaten
Titel
Birth Weight and Childhood Blood Pressure
verfasst von
Vidar O Edvardsson
Sandra D Steinthorsdottir
Sigridur B Eliasdottir
Olafur S Indridason
Runolfur Palsson
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2012
Verlag
Current Science Inc.
Erschienen in
Current Hypertension Reports / Ausgabe 6/2012
Print ISSN: 1522-6417
Elektronische ISSN: 1534-3111
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11906-012-0311-6

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