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Community child health, public health, and epidemiology
Maternal diet in pregnancy and offspring blood pressure
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
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Competing interests: none declared