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The Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk Continuum from Prenatal Life to Adulthood: A Literature Review.
International journal of environmental research and public health - 7 Jul 2022
Faienza Maria Felicia, Urbano Flavia, Lassandro Giuseppe, Valente Federica, D'Amato Gabriele, Portincasa Piero, Giordano Paola
Abstract excerpt
The risk of developing cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) arises from the interaction of prenatal factors; epigenetic regulation; neonatal factors; and factors that affect childhood and adolescence, such as early adiposity rebound (AR) and social and environmental influences. Thus, CVD risk varies between the group of low-risk metabolically healthy normal-weight subjects (MHNW); the intermediate-risk group, which...
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