Assessing the Impact of Body Size in Childhood and Adolescence on Blood Pressure

201034 citationsJournal Article

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Yu‐Kang Tu · University of Leeds

Andrew Woolston · University of Leeds

Paul D. Baxter · University of Leeds

Mark S. Gilthorpe · University of Leeds

Abstract

By creating weighted composites of perfectly collinear variables as components, partial least squares estimates the life course effects of body size on later health according to the correlations between body size and health outcomes.

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Birth, Development, and Health Child Nutrition and Water Access Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

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Published in: Epidemiology

Volume 21, Issue 4, pp. 440-448

DOI: 10.1097/ede.0b013e3181d62123

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