Is accelerated postnatal growth associated with blood pressure in childhood?
- N. M. Davies1,2,
- K. Tilling1,
- F. Windmeijer2,
- G. Davey Smith1,
- Y. Ben-Shlomo1,
- M. S. Kramer3,
- R. M. Martin1
- 1MRC Centre (CAiTE) Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Oakfield Grove, Bristol, UK
- 2Centre for Market and Public Organisation, Department of Economics, University of Bristol, 2 Priory Road, Bristol, UK
- 3Department of Pediatrics and Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Objective
To investigate whether variations in growth patterns in early-life are associated with blood pressure at age 6.5 years by modelling detailed, individual growth trajectories between birth and 5 years of age.
Design
Prospective cohort study nested in a large randomised trial.
Setting
Belarus.
Participants
10 494 children from Belarus who were born in one of 31 hospitals that participated in a cluster randomised trial of breastfeeding promotion intervention and had multiple …
