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Intergenerational Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Involve Both Maternal and Paternal BMI
7 Jan 2010
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between parental BMI and offspring cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The study comprised 940 children (9.5 +/- 0.4 years) and 873 adolescents (15.5 +/- 0.5 years). Parental weight and height were reported by the mother and the father, and BMI was calculated. CVD risk factors included total (sum of five skinfolds) and central (waist...
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