A link between poor growth in the first trimester and early risk factors for heart disease has been identified for the first time. A study in the British Medical Journal adds to evidence that heart risk is set long before adulthood. A team at the Erasmus University Medical School examined links between the child's size at the first scan (10 to 13 weeks) and markers of future cardiovascular health at the age of six (central body fat, high blood pressure, high insulin levels and high cholesterol). "Impaired first trimester foetal growth is associated with an adverse cardiovascular risk profile in school age children," they reported in the British Medical Journal.
Baby heart-disease risk 'shaped early in pregnancy' BBC News 23 January 2014
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