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Genetic and Shared Environmental Factors Do Not Confound the Association Between Birth Weight and Hypertension

22 May 2007

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BACKGROUND: Studies have found associations between low birth weight and increased risks of cardiovascular diseases in adulthood. However, these associations could be due to confounding by genetic or socioeconomic factors. METHODS AND RESULTS: We performed a study on Swedish like-sexed twins with known zygosity who were born from 1926 to 1958. First, to obtain an overall effect of birth weight on risk of...

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PMID: 17515462
DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.106.674812

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