Article
[Selected birth outcomes as prognostic determinants of hypertension in children].
Przeglad lekarski - 1 Jan 2006
Krzych Łukasz, Kowalska Małgorzata, Gajniak Piotr, Markiewicz-Łoskot Grazyna, Szydłowski Lesław
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: About 5-15% of children suffer from hypertension. The influence of maturity and the physical development of newborns on primary hypertension has been recently underlined. AIM: The aim of the study was to estimate the importance of low birth weight (< 10 percentiles--2500 g), low birth length (< 10 percentiles--50 cm), low Apgar score (< 4 points), prematurity (< 37 Hbd) in the developmental of...
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