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Women with birth weights < 5.0 lb have an age-adjusted odds ratio of 1.39 for hypertension compared to those in the middle category of birth weight in NHS I.
Practitioners should consider birth weight as a potential risk factor for hypertension in women.
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Compared with women in the middle category of birth weight (NHS I, 7.1 to 8.5 lb), the age-adjusted odds ratio of hypertension in NHS I women with birth weights < 5.0 lb was 1.39 (95% CI, 1.29 to 1.50).
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Based on a large cohort study design.
Source
Birth Weight and Adult Hypertension and Obesity in Women
Gary C. Curhan et al. · Circulation · 1996
DOI 10.1161/01.cir.94.6.1310
cohort · n=164040Cited 691×
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