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Childhood vascular phenotypes have differing associations with prenatal and postnatal growth.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Sept 2021
Sletner Line, Crozier Sarah R, Inskip Hazel M, Godfrey Keith M, Mahon Pamela, Chiesa Scott T, Charakida Marietta, Cooper Cyrus, Hanson Mark
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OBJECTIVE: In children aged 8--9 years, we examined the associations of linear and abdominal circumference growth during critical stages of prenatal and postnatal development with six vascular measurements commonly used as early markers of atherosclerosis and later cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. METHODS: In 724 children from the UK Southampton Women's Survey mother--offspring cohort, offspring length/height...
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