Why the study?
Is birth weight inversely related to blood pressure at 5 years of age in South African children?
Is birth weight inversely related to blood pressure at 5 years of age in South African children?
Lower birth weight is independently associated with higher systolic blood pressure at 5 years of age in a South African cohort, supporting the fetal origins of hypertension hypothesis.
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Supports fetal origins hypothesis in African children; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation before clinical consideration.
Levitt et al. (1999) studied this question.
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