title: Why adjustment for current weight can bias the estimate of the effect of birth weight on blood pressure:  shedding light using causal graphs.
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chiolero
authors.forename: Jay S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kaufman
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paradis
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001724:Birth Weight; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods*; D001835:Body Weight; D002309:Cardiology / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D004813:Epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012044:Regression Analysis