Longitudinal study of birthweight, blood pressure, and markers of arterial stiffness in children age six among the TIDES cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Although some studies have observed an association between birthweight and cardiovascular disease in adulthood, fewer have investigated whether birthweight is linked to cardiovascular health in early childhood. This study assesses the association between birthweight and cardiovascular outcomes in children 6 years of age.

Study design

Birthweight, blood pressure (BP), and markers of arterial stiffness in children, including brachial artery distensibility and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), were obtained from 324 participants in The Infant Development and the Environment Study, a prospective multisite pregnancy cohort. Birthweight was converted into sex-specific birthweight-for-gestational-age (bw/ga) z -scores based on the INTERGROWTH-21st standard. Fol

SUBMITTER: Long SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11283821 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature