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Association between birth weight and adolescent systolic blood pressure in a caucasian birth cohort differs according to skin type, CRH promoter or 11β-HSD2 genotype

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posted on 2023-06-23, 11:05 authored by Terry DwyerTerry Dwyer, Christopher BlizzardChristopher Blizzard, B Patterson, A-L Ponsonby, K Martin, S Quinn, MM Sale, Stephen RichardsStephen Richards, R Morley, S Rich, Joanne DickinsonJoanne Dickinson

Objective: To examine whether the inverse association between birth weight and blood pressure varies by skin pigmentation and/or related genotypes.

Study design: 671 children from a predominantly caucasian birth cohort were followed-up to adolescence (mean (SD) age 14.4 (0.64)).

Methods: Data on birth weight, socioeconomic status, maternal antenatal smoking, adolescent blood pressure and polymorphisms of candidate genes were obtained and analysed by multiple linear regression.

Results: An increase in birth weight of 1 kg was associated with an non-significant difference in adolescent systolic blood pressure of –0.53 mm Hg (95% CI –1.72 to 0.66) per kg after adjustment for child age and cohort entry criteria. The inverse association between birth weight and systolic blood pressure was stronger for those with darker skin (⩾ 2% melanin) (difference in effect, p = 0.02), those with more copies of the C allele of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) +T1273C (p =  0.06), and those with more copies of the short (⩽ 236 bp) form of the 11β-HSD2{CA}nrepeat microsatellite (p =  0.03).

Conclusions: These findings add to the evidence that cortisol-related pathways may account for at least part of the observed birth weight–blood pressure associations.

History

Publication title

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volume

93

Issue

9

Article number

9

Number

9

Pagination

760-767

Department/School

Menzies Institute for Medical Research

Publisher

BMJ Group

Publication status

  • Published

Rights statement

Copyright Copyright 2008 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Repository Status

  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

200599 Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health) not elsewhere classified

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