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Table 1.

Effects of Birth Weight on Hazard Ratios for Coronary Heart Disease and the Cumulative Incidence of Hypertension in Adult Men and Women

	Adult men		Adult women
Birth weight (g)	Hazard ratios for coronary heart disease^a	Cumulative incidence of hypertension (%)^b	Hazard ratios for coronary heart disease^c	Cumulative incidence of hypertension (%)^d
≤ 2500	3.63	—	1.34	—
2501–3000	1.86	19.0	1.38	21.1
3001–3500	1.99	17.0	1.24	16.3
3501–4000	2.08	14.1	1.17	13.0
> 4000	1.00	12.5	1.00	12.1
P value for trend	0.006	< 0.001	0.007^e	<0.001

^{^a}

Eriksson et al. (42). A cohort of 4630 adult men was studied.

^{^b}

Barker (10). A cohort of 4630 adult men was studied.

^{^c}

Forsen et al. (51). A cohort of 3447 adult women was studied.

^{^d}

Barker (10). A cohort of 4130 adult women was studied.

^{^e}

Adjusted for gestation and placental weight.