The relationship between birth weight and blood pressure in childhood: a population-based study.
Average rating
Cast your vote
You can rate an item by clicking the amount of stars they wish to award to this item.
When enough users have cast their vote on this item, the average rating will also be shown.
Star rating
Your vote was cast
Thank you for your feedback
Thank you for your feedback
Authors
Steinthorsdottir, Sandra DEliasdottir, Sigridur B
Indridason, Olafur S
Palsson, Runolfur
Edvardsson, Vidar O
Issue Date
2013-01
Metadata
Show full item recordCitation
The relationship between birth weight and blood pressure in childhood: a population-based study. 2013, 26 (1):76-82 Am. J. Hypertens.Abstract
Low birth weight has been associated with increased risk of hypertension later in life. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between birth weight and blood pressure (BP) in healthy 9- to 10-year-old Icelandic children.Each child underwent 4 seated BP measurements, and the BP percentile was calculated from the mean of the 4 measurements. Height and weight were measured and birth weight retrieved from the Icelandic Birth Registry. Birth measures and anthropometric data were correlated with BP and BP percentiles. Multivariable linear regression was employed to examine the association between BP and birth measures.
Of 857 children with complete data, 445 were female (51.9%). The mean BP was 112/64 mm Hg in males and 111/63 mm Hg in females. The mean birth weight was 3714 ± 620 g. No correlation was found between birth weight and absolute BP values. A significant negative correlation between birth weight and both systolic (r = -0.09, P = 0.005) and diastolic (r = -0.08, P = 0.014) BP percentiles was observed. Gestational age did not correlate with BP.
In contrast to many previous studies, we found no association between birth weight and absolute BP in children. However, we observed a statistically significant negative correlation between birth weight and BP percentiles. The lack of standardized BP values may partly explain the conflicting results of previous studies in children, and we suggest that BP percentiles be examined more thoroughly in association with birth weight.
Description
To access publisher's full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field.Additional Links
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hps012http://ajh.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/1/76.full.pdf+html
Rights
Archived with thanks to American journal of hypertensionae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1093/ajh/hps012
Scopus Count
Collections
Related articles
- Big mother or small baby: which predicts hypertension?
- Authors: Filler G, Yasin A, Kesarwani P, Garg AX, Lindsay R, Sharma AP
- Issue date: 2011 Jan
- Prevalence of hypertension in 9- to 10-year-old Icelandic school children.
- Authors: Steinthorsdottir SD, Eliasdottir SB, Indridason OS, Agustsdottir IM, Palsson R, Edvardsson VO
- Issue date: 2011 Oct
- Differences in association between birth parameters and blood pressure in children from preschool to high school.
- Authors: Gopinath B, Baur LA, Pfund N, Burlutsky G, Mitchell P
- Issue date: 2013 Feb
- Association between size at birth, truncal fat and obesity in adult life and its contribution to blood pressure and coronary heart disease; study in a high birth weight population.
- Authors: Gunnarsdottir I, Birgisdottir BE, Benediktsson R, Gudnason V, Thorsdottir I
- Issue date: 2004 May
- Inverse relationship between birth weight and blood pressure in growth-retarded but not in appropriate for gestational age infants during the first week of life.
- Authors: Smal JC, Uiterwaal CS, Bruinse HW, Steendijk P, van Bel F
- Issue date: 2009