Skip Navigation


IJE Advance Access originally published online on July 26, 2006
International Journal of Epidemiology 2006 35(4):877-879; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl150
This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
35/4/877    most recent
dyl150v1
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Whincup, P. H
Right arrow Articles by Owen, C. G
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Whincup, P. H
Right arrow Articles by Owen, C. G
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2006; all rights reserved.

Commentary

Commentary: Early life determinants of blood pressure in childhood—where do we go from here?

Peter H Whincup and Christopher G Owen

Division of Community Health Sciences, St George's, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London. SW17 0RE, UK.

E-mail: pwhincup@sgul.ac.uk

The first 10% of the full text of this article appears below.

An important component of the evidence suggesting that cardiovascular disease has its origins in early life, possibly influenced by poor fetal nutrition, is provided by the studies (now more than a hundred in all) that have reported on the relationship between size at birth and subsequent blood pressure. Most of these studies have suggested that small size at birth, particularly lower levels of birth weight, is related to a higher blood pressure in later life, particularly systolic blood pressure.1,2 Despite the large number of studies supporting the existence of this association, much remains uncertain. The strength of the association and its public health importance has been disputed.1 Moreover, the underlying basis of . . . [Full Text of this Article]


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?