The association between prenatal psychosocial stress and blood pressure in the child at age 5-7 years.

OBJECTIVE: Prenatal maternal stress could have permanent effects on the offspring's tissue structure and function, which may predispose to cardiovascular diseases. We investigated whether maternal psychosocial stress is a prenatal factor affecting the blood pressure (BP) of offspring. STUDY DES...

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Main Authors: Aimée E van Dijk, Manon van Eijsden, Karien Stronks, Reinoud J B J Gemke, Tanja G M Vrijkotte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3424234?pdf=render