ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)1996
Fetal growth and cardiovascular risk factors in Jamaican schoolchildren.
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- Low nephron number and its clinical consequences.Rambam Maimonides medical journal · 2011Article
- Role of the kidney in the prenatal and early postnatal programming of hypertension.American journal of physiology. Renal physiology · 2010Review
- Blood pressure levels in childhood: probing the relative importance of birth weight and current size.European journal of pediatrics · 2009Article
- Breast-feeding history and overweight in 11 to 13-year-old children in Iran.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2009Article
- Gross placental measures and childhood growth.The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians · 2009Article
- Model Averaging Methods for Weight Trimming.Journal of official statistics · 2008Article
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine relation between schoolchildren's blood pressure, glycated haemoglobin level, and cholesterol concentration and their anthropometry, socioeconomic status, and birth measurements.
designRetrospective cohort study.
setting27 schools closest to University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica. SUBJECTS: 2337 children aged 6-16 years who were born at university hospital were recruited, and their birth records were recovered: 1610 had suitable records, 659 had records including birth length, and 610 of these were prepubertal.
main outcome measuresBlood pressure, glycated haemoglobin level, serum cholesterol concentration, anthropometry at birth, current anthropometry, and socioeconomic status.
resultsMultiple regression analysis showed that children's systolic blood pressure was inversely related to their birth weight (P < 0.0001) and directly related to their current weight. Glycated haemoglobin level was higher in children with thicker triceps skinfolds (P < 0.001) and who had been shorter at birth (P = 0.003). Serum cholesterol concentration was inversely related to current height (P = 0.001) and to length at birth (P = 0.09) and was directly related to triceps skinfold thickness and higher socioeconomic status (P < 0.001).
conclusionsBlood pressure in childhood was inversely related to birth weight and directly to current weight. Glycaemic control and serum cholesterol were related to short length at birth, height deficit in childhood, and childhood obesity.
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