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Association between birth weight and adolescent systolic blood pressure in a caucasian birth cohort differs according to skin type, CRH promoter or 11beta-HSD2 genotype.
Archives of disease in childhood - 1 Sept 2008
Dwyer T, Blizzard L, Patterson B, Ponsonby A-L, Martin K, Quinn S, Sale M M, Richards S M, Morley R, Rich S, Dickinson J L
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OBJECTIVE: To examine whether the inverse association between birth weight and blood pressure varies by skin pigmentation and/or related genotypes. STUDY DESIGN: 671 children from a predominantly caucasian birth cohort were followed-up to adolescence (mean (SD) age 14.4 (0.64)). METHODS: Data on birth weight, socioeconomic status, maternal antenatal smoking, adolescent blood pressure and polymorphisms of...
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