The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 1 , Pages 54-59.e1 , January 2010

Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Young Adults with Very Low Birth Weight

  • Petteri Hovi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
    • Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr Petteri Hovi, National Institute for Health and Welfare, PO Box 30, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland.
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  • Sture Andersson, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Katri Räikkönen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Sonja Strang-Karlsson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
    • Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Anna-Liisa Järvenpää, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Johan G. Eriksson, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
    • Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
    • Vasa Central Hospital, Vasa, Finland
    • Unit of General Practice, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Anu-Katriina Pesonen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Kati Heinonen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Riikka Pyhälä, MA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Eero Kajantie, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
    • Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Received 9 March 2009 ,Revised 15 June 2009 ,Accepted 8 July 2009.

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 Funding information is available at www.jpeds.com (Appendix). The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(09)00655-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.07.022

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 1 , Pages 54-59.e1 , January 2010

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