Why adjustment for current weight can bias the estimate of the effect of birth weight on blood pressure: shedding light using causal graphs

MeSH terms

• Age Factors
• Birth Weight*
• Blood Pressure Determination / methods*
• Blood Pressure*
• Body Weight*
• Cardiology / methods
• Child
• Epidemiology
• Humans
• Hypertension / diagnosis
• Hypertension / physiopathology
• Models, Theoretical
• Regression Analysis