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Maternal diet in pregnancy and offspring blood pressure
1 Unit of Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, Department of Community-based Medicine, University of Bristol, UK
2 Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, UK
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Dr S D Leary
Unit of Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, Department of Community-based Medicine, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK; s.d.leary{at}bristol.ac.uk
Associations between maternal nutrient intakes in late pregnancy and offspring blood pressure at 7
years were investigated in 6944 singletons from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. The only finding was a weak inverse association with omega-3 fatty acids that was lost after adjustment for potential confounders, suggesting that diet in pregnancy does not influence offspring blood pressure in well-nourished populations.
Keywords: blood pressure; cohort study; diet; fetal origins hypothesis
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