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Cord Blood Insulin Concentration and Hypertension Among Children and Adolescents Enrolled in a US Racially Diverse Birth Cohort.

Guoying WangJessie P BuckleyTami R BartellXiumei HongColleen PearsonXiaobin Wang
Published in: Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) (2023)
Our results suggest that elevated insulin concentration at birth plays a critical role in the early life origins of hypertension and support the hypothesis implicating insulin resistance in the etiology of hypertension.
Keyphrases
  • blood pressure
  • cord blood
  • early life
  • type diabetes
  • glycemic control
  • pregnant women
  • adipose tissue
  • skeletal muscle
  • insulin resistance
  • preterm birth