Low birthweight increases risk for cardiovascular disease hospitalisations in a remote Indigenous Australian community - a prospective cohort study.
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: LBW increased the risk of cardiovascular disease hospitalisations in adult life in this group. Further CVD prevention initiatives should continue to include LBW as a key predictor of CVD in this community. The mechanisms of gender influence on the hypertension relationship are unknown and require further investigation in indigenous populations worldwide.
PMID: 26259645 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Arnold L, Hoy W, Wang Z Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research
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