Early linear growth retardation and later blood pressure
Open Access
- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Vol. 54 (7) , 563-567
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601057
Abstract
Objective: To examine the effects of stunting in early childhood on blood pressure in later childhood. Design: A cohort study. Setting: Kingston, Jamaica. Subjects: Seven to eight year old children, 120 stunted (height for age <−2 s.d. of the NCHS references) and 224 non-stunted (height for age >−1 s.d. of the NCHS references) at age 9–24 months. Methods: Stunted and non-stunted children were identified at age 9–24 months by house to-house survey of poor neighbourhoods in Kingston, Jamaica. Blood pressure and anthropometry were measured at age 7–8 y. Birth weight was obtained from hospital records (73%) or maternal recall. Results: The stunted children remained shorter and thinner than the non-stunted ones. In multiple regression analysis adjusting for size and pulse rate, the stunted children had higher systolic blood pressure (PEuropean Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2000) 54, 563–567Keywords
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