Abstract:
:We compared blood pressure of individuals (mean age 59 y) born in western Holland between January 1945 and March 1946 (mothers exposed to the Dutch Famine before or during gestation; n = 359) to blood pressure of unexposed individuals born before or conceived after the famine (n = 299) or same-sex siblings of subjects in series 1 or 2 (n = 313). Mean (SD) systolic and diastolic blood pressure were 140.3 (20.3) and 85.8 (11.0) mmHg, respectively; prevalence of hypertension (prior diagnosis of hypertension or with measured systolic/diastolic blood pressure above 140/90 mmHg) was 61.8%. Birth weight was inversely related to systolic (-4.14 mmHg per kg; 95% confidence interval (CI) -7.24, -1.03; p < 0.01) and diastolic (-2.09 mmHg per kg; 95% CI -3.77, -0.41; p < 0.05) blood pressure and to the prevalence of hypertension (odds ratio 0.67 per kg, 95% CI: 0.49, 0.93) (all age- and sex-adjusted). Any famine exposure of at least 10 weeks duration was associated with elevated systolic (2.77 mmHg; 95% CI 0.25, 5.30; p < 0.05) and diastolic (1.27 mmHg; 95% CI -0.13, 2.66; p = 0.08) blood pressure and with hypertension prevalence (odds ratio 1.44; 95% CI 1.04, 2.00; p < 0.05) in age- and sex-adjusted models. Exposure to famine during gestation may predispose to the development of hypertension in middle age.
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Eur J Epidemioljournal_title
European journal of epidemiologyauthors
Stein AD,Zybert PA,van der Pal-de Bruin K,Lumey LHdoi
10.1007/s10654-006-9065-2subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-01-01 00:00:00pages
759-65issue
10eissn
0393-2990issn
1573-7284journal_volume
21pub_type
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