Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 571-579 , May 1997

Prediction of young adult blood pressure from childhood blood pressure, height, and weight

  • Nancy R. Cook

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Nancy R. Cook, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 900 Commonwealth Avenue East, Boston, Massachusetts 02215.
    • Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • ,
  • Matthew W. Gillman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Bernard A. Rosner

      Affiliations

    • Channing Lab, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women'S Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • ,
  • James O. Taylor

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Charles H. Hennekens

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

,Accepted 11 December 1996.

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☆ This work has been supported by grants HL48289, HL48236 and HL40619 from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 571-579 , May 1997

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