Letter

Raised adult blood pressure linked to failure to achieve growth potential in utero

BMJ 1996; 312 doi: 10.1136/bmj.312.7044.1479 (Published 8 June 1996)
Cite this as: BMJ 1996;312:1479.1

Access to the full text of this article requires a subscription or payment. Please log in or subscribe below.

  1. Catherine M Law,
  2. Caroline H D Fall,
  3. Christopher N Martyn,
  4. Clive Osmond
  1. Epidemiologist Epidemiologist Clinical scientist Statistician MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD

    EDITOR,—In their study of men in Uppsala, David A Leon and colleagues found that the highest blood pressures were in men who had been small babies but grew to be tall adults.1 They argue that these babies failed to achieve their growth potential in utero. We replicated their analysis in three studies of men born in England (in Hertfordshire (in 1920-30, n = 841), Preston (1935-43, n = 239), and Sheffield (1939-41, …

    Access to the full text of this article requires a subscription or payment

    Subscribe

    Article access

    Article access for 1 day

    Purchase this article for £20 $30 €32*

    The PDF version can be downloaded as your personal record

    * Prices do not include VAT

    Rapid responses

    THIS WEEK'S POLL

    BMJ most popular