The genetics of low and high birthweight and their relationship with cardiometabolic disease

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Abstract Aims/hypothesis Low birthweight infants are at increased risk not only of mortality, but also of type 2 diabetes mellitus and CVD in later life. At the opposite end of the spectrum, high birthweight infants have increased risk of birth complications, such as shoulder dystocia, neonatal hypoglycaemia and obesity, and similarly increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus and CVD. However, previous...

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