BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Preeclampsia is an independent cardiovascular risk
factor for the mother, and recent studies reveal that offspring of affected pregnancies also …

During development, the human fetus accrues the highest proportion of fat of all mammals.
Precursors of fat lobules can be found at week 14 of pregnancy. Thereafter, they expand …

Pre-eclampsia is increasingly recognized as more than an isolated disease of pregnancy.
Women who have had a pregnancy complicated by pre-eclampsia have a 4-fold increased …

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a systemic chronic metabolic disorder characterized by increased
insulin resistance and/or β-cell defects. It affects all ages from the foetal life, neonates …

Mother–child cohort studies have established that both pre‐pregnancy body mass index
(BMI) and gestational weight gain are independently associated with cardio‐metabolic risk …

OBJECTIVE: To compare aortic intima media thickness (aIMT) to carotid intima media
thickness (cIMT) as a marker of early atherosclerosis in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus …

Background and aims Gestational diabetes (GDM) and maternal obesity are linked to weight
gain in childhood and an increased risk of cardiovascular disease later in life. We assessed …

There is a growing body of evidence that improper intrauterine nutrition may negatively
influence vascular health in later life. Maternal malnutrition may result in intrauterine growth …

With the rising global tide of obesity, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) burgeoned into
one of the most common antenatal disorders worldwide. Macrosomic babies born to diabetic …

Objective To investigate the association between early life exposures during the first 1000
days (conception to age 24 months) and aortic intima-media thickness (aIMT), an early …