“…22 Another analysis of the same dataset reported a crude inverse association between maternal education and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity, a measure of arterial stiffness, although after adjustment for adult socioeconomic position, the association only remained for black and brown participants. 23 Hypertension and blood pressure In 5/6 studies which reported on the association between childhood socioeconomic position and adult hypertension or elevated blood pressure (3 prospective, 24-28 2 cross-sectional 29,30 ), no strong evidence of an association was reported. In 1 cross-sectional study in Mexico, an inverse association was observed in females but not males, which was robust to adjustment for adult socioeconomic position.…”