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Community child health, public health, and epidemiology
Maternal diet in pregnancy and offspring blood pressure
  1. S D Leary1,
  2. A R Ness1,
  3. P M Emmett1,
  4. G Davey Smith2,
  5. J E Headley1,
  6. ALSPAC Study Team
  1. 1Unit of Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, Department of Community-based Medicine, University of Bristol, UK
  2. 2Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    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.learybristol.ac.uk

Abstract

Associations between maternal nutrient intakes in late pregnancy and offspring blood pressure at 7½ 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.

  • blood pressure
  • cohort study
  • diet
  • fetal origins hypothesis

https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2004.070698

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    • Competing interests: none declared