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- Title
The relationship between the intrauterine environment and blood pressure in 3-year-old Japanese children.
- Authors
Hashimoto, N; Kawasaki, T; Kikuchi, T; Takahashi, H; Uchiyama, M
- Abstract
In 195 Japanese children the systolic pressure at 3 years of age was inversely correlated to the body weight at birth and positively correlated to the mothers' systolic pressure during pregnancy: the average systolic pressure in children whose body weight at birth exceeded 3510 g was 3.0 mmHg, which was lower than that of children whose body weight at birth was 2990 g or less. There was an increase of 0.12 mmHg in the children's systolic pressure with each increment of 1 mmHg in the systolic pressure of their mothers. The systolic pressure at 3 years in children of mothers who had had pretibial oedema during pregnancy (101.0 +/- 8.8 mmHg) was significantly higher compared with children whose mothers did not have oedema (96.6 +/- 9.6 mmHg).
- Publication
Acta Paediatrica, 1996, Vol 85, Issue 2, p132
- ISSN
0803-5253
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1651-2227.1996.tb13978.x