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: Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research