Perinatal and childhood origins of cardiovascular disease

Perinatal and childhood origins of cardiovascular disease

Background: Features of the metabolic syndrome comprise a major risk for cardiovascular disease and will increase in prevalence with rising childhood obesity. We sought to identify early life influences on development of obesity, hypertension and dyslipidemia in children.Methods and results: Cluster...

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Main Authors: Huang, R., Burke, V., Newnham, J., Stanley, F., Kendall, Garth, Landau, L., Oddy, Wendy, Blake, K., Palmer, L., Beilin, L.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2007
Subjects:
breast feeding
pediatrics
smoking
metabolic syndrome
maternal smoking
birth weight
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39329

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