Does birth weight predict blood pressure in a young working population : a sharp ( Scottish Heart and Arterial Disease Risk Prevention ) study?
We were unable to demonstrate an inverse association between birth weight and systolic blood pressure. In this cohort, BMI and male sex remain consistent influences on blood pressure.
Exposure to tobacco smoke resulted in cardiac gap junction remodeling, characterized by alterations in the quantity and phosphorylation of the Cx43, in rats hearts. This finding could explain the smoker's paradox observed in some studies.