BMI mediates the association between low educational level and higher blood pressure during pregnancy in Japan

Bibliographic Data

ID15367652
AuthorsSeung Chik Jwa (0000-0002-8815-5714, National Center For Child Health and Development, corresponding author), Takashi Fujiwara (0000-0002-1074-3954, National Center For Child Health and Development), Akira Hata (0000-0003-0867-3704, Chiba University), Naoko Arata (0000-0003-2667-7653, National Center For Child Health and Development), Haruhiko Sago (0000-0001-9387-1849, National Center For Child Health and Development), Yukihiro Ohya (0000-0002-1560-3942, National Center For Child Health and Development)
Year2013
Volume13
Issue1
Pages389-389
Publication date2013-04-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/1471-2458-13-389
PMID23617809
PMCIDPMC3649925
OpenAlexW1999415798
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited31

In Japanese women, the low educational group showed higher BP during pregnancy than the mid or high educational groups. Pre-pregnancy BMI mediates the association between educational level and BP

Biostatistics · Blood pressure · Body mass index · Confidence interval · Diastole · Environmental health · Gestation · Obstetrics · Population · Pregnancy · Socioeconomic status · Birth, Development, and Health · Demography · Gestational Diabetes Research and Management · Medicine · Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine