(Hypertension. 1996;27:339-345.)
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Weights at Birth and in Early Infancy, Systolic Pressure, and Left Ventricular Structure in Subjects Aged 8 to 24 Years
From the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Unit 258, Hôpital Broussais, Paris (M.Z., C.B.-K., P.D.), and the Preventive Medicine Center, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy (E.L., G.S.), France.
Correspondence to Dr Mahmoud Zureik, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unit 258, Hôpital Broussais, 96 rue Didot, 75014-Paris, France.
Abstract The objective of this study was to determine whether systolic pressure and left ventricular mass in children, adolescents, and young adults are related to fetal and infant growth. Blood pressure measurements and M-mode echocardiography were performed in 210 subjects aged 8 to 24 years whose information on weights at birth and in early infancy, written by physicians, was obtained from the children's health record booklets. Systolic pressure, adjusted for sex and current height or for sex, current age, weight, and height, was the highest in subjects with low birth weight. No association was observed between systolic pressure and weight at either 9 months or 2 years. Left ventricular mass, adjusted for sex and current height or for sex, current age, weight, and height, increased with decreasing weight at 9 months or 2 years, independent of systolic pressure. Increased ventricular mass associated with reduced infant growth was concentric, resulting from a proportionate thickening of the posterior wall and interventricular septum. Left ventricular mass was not related to birth weight. These findings were observed in both sexes and in all age subgroups and were independent of gestational age, birth order, and parental risk factors. This study supports the hypothesis that systolic pressure and left ventricular mass might be partly determined during fetal life and early infancy. The mechanisms that underlie the associations of blood pressure and left ventricular structure with weights at birth and in early infancy should be studied thoroughly.
Key Words: blood pressure • echocardiography • epidemiology • growth • hypertrophy, left ventricular
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