Birth Weight Is Inversely Correlated to Adult Systolic Blood Pressure and Pulse Pressure in Type 1 Diabetes
Open Access
- 1 December 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Hypertension
- Vol. 44 (6), 832-837
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.hyp.0000147272.10646.e6
Abstract
In the general population, there is an inverse relationship between birth weight and adult systolic blood pressure. Because blood pressure in diabetic patients at least in part seems to be regulated by different mechanisms than in nondiabetic subjects, it is not known whether a similar correlation exists in diabetic individuals. Therefore, we obtained data on birth weight from original birth certificates in 1543 type 1 diabetic patients. Blood pressure was measured auscultatorily on a single occasion. In the 1225 patients born at term (after 37 weeks of gestation), the age- and sex-adjusted regression coefficients between systolic blood pressure and birth weight was −1.90 mm Hg/kg (95% confidence interval [CI], −3.71 to −0.09). The finding remained unchanged after adjustment for body mass index, current smoking, duration of diabetes, social class, antihypertensive therapy, glomerular filtration rate, glycemic control, and elevated albuminuria. The regression coefficient between birth weight and pulse pressure was of a similar magnitude. The age-adjusted regression coefficient between systolic blood pressure and birth weight seemed stronger in females (−3.34 mm Hg/kg; 95% CI, −6.06 to −0.62) than in males (−0.42 mm Hg/kg; 95% CI, −2.80 to 1.95), although this difference was not statistically significant. As a new finding, we report an inverse relationship between weight at birth and systolic blood pressure and pulse pressure in adult type 1 diabetic patients. Given the deleterious effects of elevated arterial blood pressure in diabetes, the impact of intrauterine growth retardation on the development of end-organ damage needs to be clarified.Keywords
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