Maternal and pregnancy related predictors of cardiometabolic traits in newborns.

BACKGROUND: The influence of multiple maternal and pregnancy characteristics on offspring cardiometabolic traits at birth is not well understood and was evaluated in this study. METHODS AND FINDINGS: The Family Atherosclerosis Monitoring In earLY life (FAMILY) Study prospectively evaluated 11 cardio...

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Main Authors: Katherine M Morrison, Sonia S Anand, Salim Yusuf, Stephanie A Atkinson, Karleen M Schulze, Purnima Rao-Melacini, Matthew J McQueen, Sarah McDonald, Richard Persadie, Barry Hunter, Jacqueline Bourgeois, Jan W Jansen, Koon K Teo, FAMILY (Family Atherosclerosis Monitoring In earLY Life) Study investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3572188?pdf=render