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Maternal and childhood nutrition and later blood pressure levels in young Guatemalan adults.

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Webb, AL; Conlisk, AJ; Barnhart, HX; Martorell, R; Grajeda, R; Stein, AD
Published in: Int J Epidemiol
August 2005

BACKGROUND: Low birth weight and subsequent rapid child growth are associated with later blood pressure levels. The role of maternal and child nutrition in this association remains unclear. METHODS: We studied 450 men and women (ages 21-29 years) born during a randomized trial of protein-energy supplementation (Atole) vs low energy/no protein supplementation (Fresco) in pregnancy and early childhood in four rural Guatemalan villages from 1969 to 1977. RESULTS: Protein-energy supplementation was not associated with differences in blood pressure in adulthood (diastolic blood pressure (DBP): beta = 0.69 mm Hg, 95% confidence internal (CI) (20.82-2.19); P = 0.37; systolic blood pressure (SBP): beta = 0.17 mm Hg, 95% CI (21.68-2.02); P = 0.86). Within the Atole group, maternal height was associated with later SBP (0.22 mm Hg/cm, 95% CI (20.002-0.45); P = 0.05). No other associations between maternal nutritional status, birth size, child growth, or supplement intake were observed for adult blood pressure. CONCLUSIONS: Our data do not support the role of maternal nutrition during pregnancy, birth size, or early child growth in programming adult blood pressure. Likewise, we found no effect of protein-energy supplementation in pregnancy or in early childhood on blood pressure in young adults.

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Int J Epidemiol

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0300-5771

Publication Date

August 2005

Volume

34

Issue

4

Start / End Page

898 / 904

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Pregnancy
  • Nutritional Status
  • Mothers
  • Models, Statistical
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Low Birth Weight
  • Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  • Infant
 

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Webb, A. L., Conlisk, A. J., Barnhart, H. X., Martorell, R., Grajeda, R., & Stein, A. D. (2005). Maternal and childhood nutrition and later blood pressure levels in young Guatemalan adults. Int J Epidemiol, 34(4), 898–904. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyi097
Webb, Aimee L., Andrea J. Conlisk, Huiman X. Barnhart, Reynaldo Martorell, Rubén Grajeda, and Aryeh D. Stein. “Maternal and childhood nutrition and later blood pressure levels in young Guatemalan adults.Int J Epidemiol 34, no. 4 (August 2005): 898–904. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyi097.
Webb AL, Conlisk AJ, Barnhart HX, Martorell R, Grajeda R, Stein AD. Maternal and childhood nutrition and later blood pressure levels in young Guatemalan adults. Int J Epidemiol. 2005 Aug;34(4):898–904.
Webb, Aimee L., et al. “Maternal and childhood nutrition and later blood pressure levels in young Guatemalan adults.Int J Epidemiol, vol. 34, no. 4, Aug. 2005, pp. 898–904. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/ije/dyi097.
Webb AL, Conlisk AJ, Barnhart HX, Martorell R, Grajeda R, Stein AD. Maternal and childhood nutrition and later blood pressure levels in young Guatemalan adults. Int J Epidemiol. 2005 Aug;34(4):898–904.
Journal cover image

Published In

Int J Epidemiol

DOI

ISSN

0300-5771

Publication Date

August 2005

Volume

34

Issue

4

Start / End Page

898 / 904

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Pregnancy
  • Nutritional Status
  • Mothers
  • Models, Statistical
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Low Birth Weight
  • Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  • Infant