Exposure to the Chinese famine in early life and the risk of hypertension in adulthood
Exposure to the Chinese famine in early life and the risk of hypertension in adulthood
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DOI:
10.1097/hjh.0b013e328345d969
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发表时间:
2011-06-01
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
Ma, Guansheng
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作者:
Li, Yanping;Jaddoe, Vincent W.;Ma, Guansheng
Objectives Maternal famine exposure has been associated with higher blood pressure in the offspring. The aim of the present study was to examine the associations of early life exposure to the 1959-1961 Chinese famine with the risk of hypertension in later life, and to examine whether a nutritional 'rich' environment in later life modifies this association.Methods We used data of 7874 adults born between 1954 and 1964 from the 2002 China National Nutrition and Health Survey. Excess death rate was used to determine the severity of the famine.Results In severely affected famine areas, as compared to adults who were not exposed to famine, those exposed during fetal life had a significantly higher SBP [SBP difference 2.2 mmHg, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.3-3.0, P