Fetal, Developmental, and Parental Influences on Childhood Systolic Blood Pressure in 600 Sib Pairs

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BACKGROUND: Little is known about the contribution of maternal and paternal factors to the inverse association between birth weight and later blood pressure in human offspring. A study of within- and between-family associations of birth weight with blood pressure, which collected data on both parents, would address this gap in our knowledge. METHODS AND RESULTS: The study examined families composed of mother,...

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