arterial compliancebirth weightBlood pressure
Growth in utero, adult blood pressure, and arterial compliance
Autor(en)
Martyn CN, Barker DJP
Veröffentlichungsdatum
1995
Ort der Sudie
UK
Abstract
337 men and women born in the same hospital (Sheffield) between 1939 and 1940 were included in this study. It appears that impairment of fetal growth is associated with raised blood pressure in adult life and decreased compliance in the arteries of the trunk and the legs.
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