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Eur J Pediatr DOI 10.1007/s00431-014-2326-2
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Infant locomotive development and its association with adult blood pressure Demetris Pillas & Marika Kaakinen & Ioanna Tzoulaki & Gopalakrishnan Netuveli & Alina Rodriguez & Erik Fung & Tuija H. Tammelin & David Blane & Iona Y. Millwood & Rebecca Hardy & Ulla Sovio & Anneli Pouta & Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock & Anna-Liisa Hartikainen & Jaana Laitinen & Sarianna Vaara & Anokhi Ali Khan & Raymond Chong & Paul Elliott & Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin
Received: 20 January 2014 / Revised: 18 April 2014 / Accepted: 21 April 2014 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
Abstract Evidence from animal models suggests that locomotion and blood pressure share common neurophysiological regulatory systems. As a result of this common regulation, we
hypothesized that the development of locomotion in human infants would be associated with blood pressure levels in adulthood. The study sample comprised 4,347 individuals
Communicated by Peter de Winter D. Pillas (*) : I. Tzoulaki : A. Rodriguez : A. A. Khan : P. Elliott : M.
