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Palomino-Fernández L, Pastor-Villaescusa B, Velasco I, Rico MDLC, Roa J, Gil Á, Gil-Campos M. Metabolic and Low-Grade Inflammation Risk in Young Adults with a History of Extrauterine Growth Restriction. Nutrients 2024; 16:1608. [PMID: 38892541 PMCID: PMC11174372 DOI: 10.3390/nu16111608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2024] [Revised: 05/17/2024] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
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Children with a history of extrauterine growth restriction (EUGR), later at prepubertal age, exhibit an increased metabolic risk including risen insulin resistance and low-grade inflammation. However, the progression of such metabolic changes after puberty and the lasting health implications have not yet been investigated. The objective of this study was to ascertain whether young adults with a history of EUGR faced increased vulnerability to metabolic disorders. A study was conducted comparing a group of adults with a history of EUGR with a healthy reference group. A total of 110 young adults (36 from the EUGR group and 74 from the control group) were included. Anthropometric variables, blood pressure (BP), general biochemical parameters, plasma inflammatory biomarkers, and adipokines were assessed. Compared to the reference group, the EUGR group had a shorter height and body weight with higher lean mass and waist circumference, as well as a greater percentage of individuals with high BP. In addition, EUGR patients had higher values of insulin, HOMA-IR, nerve growth factor, and leptin, and lower levels of adiponectin and resistin. The present study suggests that young adults with a history of EUGR present increased metabolic risk factors therefore, clinical follow-up should be considered.
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- Laura Palomino-Fernández
- Metabolism and Investigation Unit, Reina Sofia University Hospital, Maimonides Institute of Biomedicine Research of Cordoba (IMIBIC), University of Cordoba, 14004 Cordoba, Spain; (L.P.-F.); (B.P.-V.); (M.G.-C.)
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- Metabolism and Investigation Unit, Reina Sofia University Hospital, Maimonides Institute of Biomedicine Research of Cordoba (IMIBIC), University of Cordoba, 14004 Cordoba, Spain; (L.P.-F.); (B.P.-V.); (M.G.-C.)
- Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Maternal and Child Chronic Diseases of Perinatal and Developmental Origin (RICORS), RD21/0012/0008, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Reina Sofia University Hospital, Maimonides Institute of Biomedicine Research of Cordoba (IMIBIC), University of Cordoba, 14004 Cordoba, Spain;
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, School of Pharmacy, “José Mataix Verdú” Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INYTA), University of Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain; (M.d.l.C.R.); (Á.G.)
- Center of Biomedical Research, Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (IBS.Granada), University of Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Reina Sofia University Hospital, Maimonides Institute of Biomedicine Research of Cordoba (IMIBIC), University of Cordoba, 14004 Cordoba, Spain;
- Consorcio CIBER, M.P. Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, School of Pharmacy, “José Mataix Verdú” Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INYTA), University of Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain; (M.d.l.C.R.); (Á.G.)
- Center of Biomedical Research, Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (IBS.Granada), University of Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain
- Consorcio CIBER, M.P. Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Metabolism and Investigation Unit, Reina Sofia University Hospital, Maimonides Institute of Biomedicine Research of Cordoba (IMIBIC), University of Cordoba, 14004 Cordoba, Spain; (L.P.-F.); (B.P.-V.); (M.G.-C.)
- Consorcio CIBER, M.P. Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Mucellini AB, Laureano DP, Alves MB, Dalle Molle R, Borges MB, Salvador APDA, Pokhvisneva I, Manfro GG, Silveira PP. The impact of poor fetal growth and chronic hyperpalatable diet exposure in adulthood on hippocampal function and feeding patterns in male rats. Dev Psychobiol 2024; 66:e22459. [PMID: 38372503 DOI: 10.1002/dev.22459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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Poor fetal growth affects eating behavior and the mesocorticolimbic system; however, its influence on the hippocampus has been less explored. Brain insulin sensitivity has been linked to developmental plasticity in response to fetal adversity and to cognitive performance following high-fat diet intake. We investigated whether poor fetal growth and exposure to chronic hyperpalatable food in adulthood could influence the recognition of environmental and food cues, eating behavior patterns, and hippocampal insulin signaling. At 60 days of life, we assigned male offspring from a prenatal animal model of 50% food restriction (FR) to receive either a high-fat and -sugar (HFS) diet or standard chow (CON) diet. Behavioral tests were conducted at 140 days, then tissues were collected. HFS groups showed a diminished hippocampal pAkt/Akt ratio. FR-CON and FR-HFS groups had higher levels of suppressor of cytokine signaling 3, compared to control groups. FR groups showed increased exploration of a novel hyperpalatable food, independent of their diet, and HFS groups exhibited overall lower entropy (less random, more predictable eating behavior) when the environment changed. Poor fetal growth and chronic HFS diet in adulthood altered hippocampal insulin signaling and eating patterns, diminishing the flexibility associated with eating behavior in response to extrinsic changes in food availability in the environment.
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- Amanda Brondani Mucellini
- Graduate Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Institute of Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Child and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Biochemistry, Institute of Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Douglas Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Douglas Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Faculty of Biomedicine, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Douglas Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Graduate Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Institute of Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Douglas Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Elingaard-Larsen LO, Villumsen SO, Justesen L, Thuesen ACB, Kim M, Ali M, Danielsen ER, Legido-Quigley C, van Hall G, Hansen T, Ahluwalia TS, Vaag AA, Brøns C. Circulating Metabolomic and Lipidomic Signatures Identify a Type 2 Diabetes Risk Profile in Low-Birth-Weight Men with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Nutrients 2023; 15:nu15071590. [PMID: 37049431 PMCID: PMC10096690 DOI: 10.3390/nu15071590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Revised: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/28/2023] Open
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The extent to which increased liver fat content influences differences in circulating metabolites and/or lipids between low-birth-weight (LBW) individuals, at increased risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D), and normal-birth-weight (NBW) controls is unknown. The objective of the study was to perform untargeted serum metabolomics and lipidomics analyses in 26 healthy, non-obese early-middle-aged LBW men, including five men with screen-detected and previously unrecognized non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), compared with 22 age- and BMI-matched NBW men (controls). While four metabolites (out of 65) and fifteen lipids (out of 279) differentiated the 26 LBW men from the 22 NBW controls (p ≤ 0.05), subgroup analyses of the LBW men with and without NAFLD revealed more pronounced differences, with 11 metabolites and 56 lipids differentiating (p ≤ 0.05) the groups. The differences in the LBW men with NAFLD included increased levels of ornithine and tyrosine (PFDR ≤ 0.1), as well as of triglycerides and phosphatidylcholines with shorter carbon-chain lengths and fewer double bonds. Pathway and network analyses demonstrated downregulation of transfer RNA (tRNA) charging, altered urea cycling, insulin resistance, and an increased risk of T2D in the LBW men with NAFLD. Our findings highlight the importance of increased liver fat in the pathogenesis of T2D in LBW individuals.
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Sex-specific alterations in hepatic cholesterol metabolism in low birth weight adult guinea pigs. Pediatr Res 2022; 91:1078-1089. [PMID: 34230622 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-021-01491-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Intrauterine growth restriction and low birth weight (LBW) have been widely reported as an independent risk factor for adult hypercholesterolaemia and increased hepatic cholesterol in a sex-specific manner. However, the specific impact of uteroplacental insufficiency (UPI), a leading cause of LBW in developed world, on hepatic cholesterol metabolism in later life, is ill defined and is clinically relevant in understanding later life liver metabolic health trajectories. METHODS Hepatic cholesterol, transcriptome, cholesterol homoeostasis regulatory proteins, and antioxidant markers were studied in UPI-induced LBW and normal birth weight (NBW) male and female guinea pigs at 150 days. RESULTS Hepatic free and total cholesterol were increased in LBW versus NBW males. Transcriptome analysis of LBW versus NBW livers revealed that "cholesterol metabolism" was an enriched pathway in LBW males but not in females. Microsomal triglyceride transfer protein and cytochrome P450 7A1 protein, involved in hepatic cholesterol efflux and catabolism, respectively, and catalase activity were decreased in LBW male livers. Superoxide dismutase activity was reduced in LBW males but increased in LBW females. CONCLUSIONS UPI environment is associated with a later life programed hepatic cholesterol accumulation via impaired cholesterol elimination in a sex-specific manner. These programmed alterations could underlie later life cholesterol-induced hepatic lipotoxicity in LBW male offspring. IMPACT Low birth weight (LBW) is a risk factor for increased hepatic cholesterol. Uteroplacental insufficiency (UPI) resulting in LBW increased hepatic cholesterol content, altered hepatic expression of cholesterol metabolism-related genes in young adult guinea pigs. UPI-induced LBW was also associated with markers of a compromised hepatic cholesterol elimination process and failing antioxidant system in young adult guinea pigs. These changes, at the current age studied, were sex-specific, only being observed in LBW males and not in LBW females. These programmed alterations could lead to further hepatic damage and greater predisposition to liver diseases in UPI-induced LBW male offspring as they age.
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Al Salmi I, Hannawi S. Birthweight predicts glomerular filtration rate in adult-life: population based cross sectional study. Ren Fail 2021; 43:664-675. [PMID: 33896360 PMCID: PMC8079063 DOI: 10.1080/0886022x.2021.1915798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Revised: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Worldwide, there is a global progressive rise of chronic kidney disease. In parallel, children born after intra-uterine growth retardation are surviving to adult-life and beyond. This study describes the association of birthweight with and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). METHODS Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle (AusDiab) study participants were asked to complete a birthweight questionnaire. The associations between birthweight and eGFR were determined. RESULTS A total of 4502 reported information related to their birthweight, with the other responders did not provide a value. The birthweight of the participants ranged from 0.4 to 7.0 kg with a mean-(SD) of 3.37 (0.7) kg. The mean (95%CI) birthweight was lower for females, 3.28 (0.6) kg, when compared to males, 3.5 (0.7) kg. Eight percent had a birthweight less than 2.5 kg. The eGFR was strongly and positively associated with birthweight, with people in the lowest sex-specific birthweight-quintiles having the lowest mean eGFR. This relationship persisted with adjustment for confounding factors. The OR(CI) for eGFR <10th-percentile (<61.4 ml/min for females and <73.4 for males) for people in the lowest vs. the higher birthweight-quintile was 2.19 (95%CI 1.14-4.2) for females and 2.37 (1.1-5.3) for males, after adjustment for other factors. CONCLUSIONS Birthweight had a positive relationship with eGFR. Possible explanations include an association of birthweight with nephron-endowment. From a global health perspective but more in developing countries and in populations in epidemiologic transition, where substantially lower birthweights coexist with recently improved infant and adult survivals, the overall impact of this phenomenon on the population health profile could be more substantial.
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- Issa Al Salmi
- The Medicine Department, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman
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Bleker LS, de Rooij SR, Painter RC, Ravelli AC, Roseboom TJ. Cohort profile: the Dutch famine birth cohort (DFBC)- a prospective birth cohort study in the Netherlands. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e042078. [PMID: 33664071 PMCID: PMC7934722 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The Dutch famine birth cohort study was set up to investigate the effects of acute maternal undernutrition of the 1944-1945 Dutch famine during the specific stages of gestation on later health, with a particular focus on chronic cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, ageing and mental health. PARTICIPANTS The Dutch famine birth cohort consists of 2414 singletons born alive and at term in the Wilhelmina Gasthuis in Amsterdam around the time of the Dutch famine (1943-1947) whose birth records have been kept. The cohort has been traced and studied since 1994, when the first data collection started. The cohort has been interviewed and physically examined in several waves of data collection since that time, allowing repeated measures of a wide range of phenotypic information as well as the collection of biological samples (blood, urine, buccal swabs), functional testing (of heart, lungs, kidney, HPA axis) and imaging of the brain (MRI) and vasculature (ultrasound). Additionally, genetic and epigenetic information was collected. Through linkage with registries, mortality and morbidity information of the entire cohort has been obtained. FINDINGS TO DATE Prenatal famine exposure had lasting consequences for health in later life. The effects of famine depended on its timing during the gestation and the organs and tissues developing at that time, with most effects after exposure to famine in early gestation. The effects of famine were widespread and affected the structure and function of many organs and tissues, resulted in altered behaviour and increased risks of chronic degenerative diseases and increased mortality. The effects of famine were independent of size at birth, which suggests that programming may occur without altering size at birth. FUTURE PLANS As the cohort ages, we will be assessing the effects of prenatal undernutrition on (brain) ageing, cognitive decline and dementia, as well as overall morbidity and mortality. REGISTRATION The Dutch famine birth cohort is not linked to a clinical trial.
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- Laura S Bleker
- Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Medical Informatics; Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Epidemiology and Data Science; Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Al Salmi I, Hannawi S. Birth weight is inversely correlated with blood pressure: population-based study. J Hypertens 2020; 38:2205-2214. [PMID: 32649634 DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000002545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND METHOD The current representative national cross-sectional study examines the association of birth weight and blood pressure (BP) among the adult Australian population.Questions about birth weight were added to the second round of AusDiab study. Hypertension was defined based on WHO (≥140/90), and NCEP-ATPIII (≥130/85). Both definitions were examined against the continuous birth weight and dichotomous variable of low birth weight (LBW); less than 2.5 kg, adjusting for age, BMI, physical activity, smoking, alcohol intake and socioeconomic factors. RESULTS A total of 4502 respondents reported their birth weights with a mean (SD) of 3.37 (0.7) kg. Females with LBW had significantly higher mean SBP and DBP than those with normal birth weight. This relationship persisted with adjustments for various confounding factors. Males with LBW showed a trend towards a higher SBP and DBP, though NS, than normal birth weight more than 2.5 kg. LBW individuals, less than 2.5 kg were at higher risk for having high SBP hypertension at least 140/90 mmHg and at least 130/85 mmHg compared with those with normal birth weight. Among females, for each kilogramme of birth weight, there was a predicted decrease of 1.59 (0.7, 2.5) mmHg in SBP, P = 0.001 and 0.85 (0.2, 1.5) mmHg in DBP, P = 0.001; after adjustments for age, body size, physical activity, smoking status, alcohol intake and socioeconomic factors. Among males, for each kilogramme of birth weight, there was a decrease of 1.74 (0.7, 2.8) mmHg in SBP, P = 0.002 and 1.06 (0.3, 1.9) mmHg in DBP, P = 0.008 after adjustments for all confounding factor. CONCLUSION This study has examined the association of birth weight and BP in a representative adult population. LBW was significantly associated with the risk of developing high BP.
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- Issa Al Salmi
- The Renal Medicine Department, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman
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Salmi I, Hannawi S. Birthweight predicts adult cardiovascular disorders: Population based cross sectional survey. Clin Cardiol 2020; 43:1133-1141. [PMID: 32725822 PMCID: PMC7534004 DOI: 10.1002/clc.23419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2020] [Revised: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the primary cause of death in the developed-countries and mostly in the poorer areas of the country, and in lower income-groups. HYPOTHESIS Birthweight predicts adult development of angina, coronary heart disease, stroke, and combination of all CVD. METHODS The AusDiab is a cross-sectional study of Australians aged 25 years or over. Data on age, sex, previous-CVD, smoking-status, alcohol-intake, time-spent on watching television and physical-activity, total house-income, dwelling-type and education-level were collected by interviewer- administered-questionnaires. RESULTS Four thousand five hundred and two had birthweights (mean (SD) of 3.4(0.7) kg). Females in the lowest birthweight-quintile were at least 1.23, 1.48, 1.65, and 1.23 times more likely to have angina, CAD, stroke, and CVS compared to the referent group ≥3.72 kg with P = .123, .09, .099, and 0.176, respectively. Similarly, males in the lowest-birthweight-quintile were 1.23, 1.30, 1.39, and 1.26 times more likely to have angina, CAD, stroke, and CVS compared to the referent-group ≥4.05 kg with P = .231, .087, .102, and .123, respectively. Females with low birth weight (LBW) were at least 1.39, 1.40, 2.30, and 1.47 times more likely to have angina, CAD, stroke and CVS compared to those ≥2.5 kg with P = .06, .19, .03, and .13, respectively. Similarly, males with LBW were 1.76, 1.48, 3.34, and 1.70 times more likely to have angina, CAD, stroke, and CVS compared to those ≥2.5 kg with P = .14, .13, .03, and .08, respectively. CONCLUSION there was a negative relationship between birth weight and angina, CAD, stroke, and the overall CVS. It would be prudent, to adopt policies of intensified whole of life surveillance of lower-birthweight people, anticipating this risk.
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- Issa Salmi
- The Medicine DepartmentThe Royal HospitalMuscatOman
- Oman Medical Specialty BoardMuscatOman
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Felzer-Kim IT, Visker JR, Ferguson DP, Hauck JL. Infant blood lipids: a systematic review of predictive value and influential factors. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2020; 18:381-394. [DOI: 10.1080/14779072.2020.1782743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Department of Kinesiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
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Al Salmi I, Hannawi S. Birthweight and Lipids in Adult Life: Population-Based Cross Sectional Study. Lipids 2020; 55:365-374. [PMID: 32372421 DOI: 10.1002/lipd.12242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Revised: 04/04/2020] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to examine the association of birthweight with lipid profile in the general adult population. Participants in the second-wave of a nationally representative cross sectional AusDiab-study were asked to complete a birthweight questionnaire. Fasting total cholesterol (TC), LDL-C, HDL-C, and triacylglycerol levels were modeled against birthweight. Four thousand five hundred and two people reported their birthweights, mean (SD) of 3.4(0.7) kg. Females with low birthweight-LBW had higher levels of TC, LDL-C, and triacylglycerols, but no difference in HDL-C, than those with normal-birthweight-NBW;≥2.5 kg. People with LBW showed a trend toward increased risk for high TC (≥5.5 mmol/L) compared to NBW. Among females with LBW, the risk for high LDL-C (≥3.5 mmol/L) was increased compared to those of NBW. The risk for low HDL-C (<0.9 mmol/L) was increased among males with LBW compared to those with NBW. Examination of the relationship on the continuum showed no differences except for high triacylglycerol levels among females with the lowest birthweight quintile compared to the higher birthweight quintile. However, the risk for various abnormalities by birthweight quintiles was similar to that when we used the traditional definition of LBW vs. NBW. Females and males with low birthweight differ in their risk for lipids abnormalities. Females had higher risk for high LDL-C, whereas males had high risk for low HDL-C (<0.9 mmol/L). In addition, females with low birthweight had the highest triacylglycerol levels. High LDL-C, low HDL-C, and high triacylglycerols are well-recognized risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
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- Issa Al Salmi
- The Medicine Department, The Royal Hospital, 23 July Street, P O Box 1331, code 111, Muscat, Oman
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- The Medicine Department, MOHAP, PO Box 6552, Dubai, UAE
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Birth weight associated with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry-determined muscle-bone unit in young healthy women from the Nutritionists' Health Study. J Dev Orig Health Dis 2020; 12:42-49. [PMID: 31902386 DOI: 10.1017/s2040174419000874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Muscle and bone have been considered a functional unit that grows together early in life, deteriorates with aging, and can cause osteosarcopenia. Due to its importance in public health, detecting risk factors in early life is desirable. This study examined whether birth weight (BW) was associated with muscle-bone unit using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) parameters in young women from the Nutritionists' Health Study (NutriHS), a cohort study of undergraduates and Nutrition graduates. This cross-sectional analysis included 170 young healthy women who answered early life events-questionnaire, and had anthropometric, muscle tests and DXA-determined body composition and bone densitometry (iDXA-Lunar®). A blood sample was obtained for a subsample of 148 participants. Appendicular skeletal muscle mass index (ASMI) was calculated. BW was categorized in quartiles (BWq) and variables of interest compared by ANOVA. Associations of BWq with calf circumference (CC), handgrip, muscle performance tests, ASMI, bone mineral density and content (BMD and BMC), and plasma glucose, lipids, insulin, and 25-hydroxyvitamin D were performed using multiple linear regression and directed acyclic graph-recommended adjustments. Mean values of age, body mass index, and BW were 23.0 years (20.0-28.0), 22.9 ± 2.9 kg/m2, and 3199 ± 424 g, respectively. Comparing variables across BWq, significant differences in CC, handgrip, ASMI, and total body BMC were detected. Regression models adjusted for confounders showed associations of BWq with CC (β = 0.72, p = 0.005), handgrip (β = 1.53, p = 0.001), ASMI (β = 0.16, p = 0.022), total body BMC (β = 64.8, p = 0.005), total femur BMC (β = 0.70, p = 0.041), total body BMD (β = 0.02, p = 0.043), and lumbar spine BMD (β = 0.03, p = 0.028). We conclude that BW is associated with muscle-bone unit using DXA-parameters in Brazilian young healthy women from the NutriHS, suggesting a role for intrauterine environment for musculoskeletal health.
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Bell K, Corbacho B, Ronaldson S, Richardson G, Torgerson D, Robling M. The impact of pre and perinatal lifestyle factors on child long term health and social outcomes: a systematic review. HEALTH ECONOMICS REVIEW 2018; 8:2. [PMID: 29368151 PMCID: PMC5783983 DOI: 10.1186/s13561-018-0186-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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To understand the full extent of the impact of a trial, it is important to consider the long-term consequences of outcomes beyond the trial follow-up period, especially for early year's interventions. A systematic review of the literature associated with the long-term consequences of four key outcomes from the Building Blocks trial, specifically, low birth weight, smoking during pregnancy, interval to subsequent pregnancy and A&E attendance or inpatient admission was conducted. These factors were guided by the funders, the Department of Health, as being of particular interest in the UK context. Relevant studies were identified from a number of sources including large databases, reference checking and citation searching. The search yielded 3665 papers, 43 of which were considered appropriate for inclusion. Of these, 29 were relating to smoking during pregnancy, 13 to low birth weight, 0 to A&E attendances during early childhood and 1 to short (< 2 years) interval to subsequent pregnancy. Consistent associations were found between maternal smoking during pregnancy and the effects this has on children's health, educational attainment and likelihood of engaging in problem behaviour and criminal activity in later life. Low birth weight was also found to impact on children's long-term health and cognitive development. Subsequent pregnancies within two years of the previous birth were linked with increased likelihood of pre-term birth and neonatal death. Only minimal evidence was identified regarding the consequences of a short interval to second pregnancy and of child A&E and outpatient attendances. Given that these outcomes have been identified by the UK Department of Health as of particular interest for UK benefit, investment of research in these areas is recommended to establish a clearer picture of both short and long-term consequences.
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- Kerry Bell
- York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, ARRC Building, York, YO10 5DD UK
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- York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, ARRC Building, York, YO10 5DD UK
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- York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, ARRC Building, York, YO10 5DD UK
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- Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, YO10 5DD UK
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- York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, ARRC Building, York, YO10 5DD UK
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- Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF14 4YS Wales
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Bassareo PP, Marras AR, Cugusi L, Zedda AM, Mercuro G. The reasons why cardiologists should consider prematurity at birth and intrauterine growth retardation among risk factors. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2017; 17:323-9. [PMID: 26627499 DOI: 10.2459/jcm.0000000000000338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The survival percentage of infants born preterm has risen steadily worldwide thanks to the giant steps forward made in the field of perinatal (the period immediately after birth) and neonatal (the first 4 weeks of birth following delivery) medicine. However, prematurity at birth and consequent low birth weight still represent the major causes of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Infants born preterm are at high risk of developing neurological, ophthalmological, and gastrointestinal complications as well. Furthermore, extensive more recent epidemiological findings have demonstrated an increase in risk factors and a higher mortality rate due to cardiovascular causes in patients born preterm and/or with intrauterine growth restriction. The aim of this review is to provide scientific evidence about how the cardiovascular system may be negatively influenced by prematurity and by a low birth weight that should by rights be viewed as new cardiovascular risk factors. This condition is referred to as 'cardiovascular perinatal programming'. In the light of the above, an early, constant, and prolonged cardiovascular follow-up should be implemented in former preterm individuals.
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- Pier P Bassareo
- Department of Medical Sciences 'M. Aresu', University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Low birth weight serves as a crude proxy for impaired growth during fetal life and indicates a failure for the fetus to achieve its full growth potential. Low birth weight can occur in response to numerous etiologies that include complications during pregnancy, poor prenatal care, parental smoking, maternal alcohol consumption, or stress. Numerous epidemiological and experimental studies demonstrate that birth weight is inversely associated with blood pressure and coronary heart disease. Sex and age impact the developmental programming of hypertension. In addition, impaired growth during fetal life also programs enhanced vulnerability to a secondary insult. Macrosomia, which occurs in response to maternal obesity, diabetes, and excessive weight gain during gestation, is also associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Yet, the exact mechanisms that permanently change the structure, physiology, and endocrine health of an individual across their lifespan following altered growth during fetal life are not entirely clear. Transmission of increased risk from one generation to the next in the absence of an additional prenatal insult indicates an important role for epigenetic processes. Experimental studies also indicate that the sympathetic nervous system, the renin angiotensin system, increased production of oxidative stress, and increased endothelin play an important role in the developmental programming of blood pressure in later life. Thus, this review will highlight how adverse influences during fetal life and early development program an increased risk for cardiovascular disease including high blood pressure and provide an overview of the underlying mechanisms that contribute to the fetal origins of cardiovascular pathology.
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- Barbara T Alexander
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Women's Health Research Center, Center for Cardiovascular-Renal Research, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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Cunha FDS, Dalle Molle R, Portella AK, Benetti CDS, Noschang C, Goldani MZ, Silveira PP. Both food restriction and high-fat diet during gestation induce low birth weight and altered physical activity in adult rat offspring: the "Similarities in the Inequalities" model. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0118586. [PMID: 25738800 PMCID: PMC4349804 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2014] [Accepted: 01/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We have previously described a theoretical model in humans, called "Similarities in the Inequalities", in which extremely unequal social backgrounds coexist in a complex scenario promoting similar health outcomes in adulthood. Based on the potential applicability of and to further explore the "similarities in the inequalities" phenomenon, this study used a rat model to investigate the effect of different nutritional backgrounds during gestation on the willingness of offspring to engage in physical activity in adulthood. Sprague-Dawley rats were time mated and randomly allocated to one of three dietary groups: Control (Adlib), receiving standard laboratory chow ad libitum; 50% food restricted (FR), receiving 50% of the ad libitum-fed dam's habitual intake; or high-fat diet (HF), receiving a diet containing 23% fat. The diets were provided from day 10 of pregnancy until weaning. Within 24 hours of birth, pups were cross-fostered to other dams, forming the following groups: Adlib_Adlib, FR_Adlib, and HF_Adlib. Maternal chow consumption and weight gain, and offspring birth weight, growth, physical activity (one week of free exercise in running wheels), abdominal adiposity and biochemical data were evaluated. Western blot was performed to assess D2 receptors in the dorsal striatum. The "similarities in the inequalities" effect was observed on birth weight (both FR and HF groups were smaller than the Adlib group at birth) and physical activity (both FR_Adlib and HF_Adlib groups were different from the Adlib_Adlib group, with less active males and more active females). Our findings contribute to the view that health inequalities in fetal life may program the health outcomes manifested in offspring adult life (such as altered physical activity and metabolic parameters), probably through different biological mechanisms.
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- Fábio da Silva Cunha
- Programa de Pós-Graduação da Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente, Departamento de Pediatria, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação da Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente, Departamento de Pediatria, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Departamento de Pediatria, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação da Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente, Departamento de Pediatria, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação da Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente, Departamento de Pediatria, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação da Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente, Departamento de Pediatria, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação da Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente, Departamento de Pediatria, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Nemoto T, Kakinuma Y, Shibasaki T. Impaired miR449a-induced downregulation of Crhr1 expression in low-birth-weight rats. J Endocrinol 2015; 224:195-203. [PMID: 25480379 DOI: 10.1530/joe-14-0537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Low birth weight (LBW) is related to increased incidence of common cardiovascular and metabolic disorders, and psychopathologies later in life. Recent studies have suggested that maternal malnutrition affects fetal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis programing although the mechanism is unknown. We demonstrated that LBW offspring delivered from malnourished dams showed prolonged elevated plasma corticosterone concentrations when compared with those of normal-birth-weight (NBW) offspring and impaired downregulation of corticotropin-releasing factor receptor type 1 (CRF-R1, Crhr1) in the anterior pituitary in restraint. Restraint increased expression of miR449a, which we had previously demonstrated to be involved in Crhr1 downregulation, in the anterior pituitary and serum exosomal miR449a contents through glucocorticoids in NBW offspring, but not in LBW offspring. Although plasma corticosterone concentrations were higher at 2000 h than at 0800 h in both LBW and NBW offspring, they were significantly higher in LBW offspring than in NBW offspring at 2000 and 0200 h. There were no significant diurnal changes in miR449a expression levels in the anterior pituitary of either NBW or LBW offspring, but the expression was significantly lower in LBW offspring than in NBW offspring at 1400, 2000, and 0200 h. The expression levels of GAS5, which inhibits glucocorticoid receptor (GR) binding to glucocorticoid-responsive element, in the anterior pituitary of LBW offspring were elevated when compared with those of NBW offspring. The downregulation of GR found in NBW offspring did not occur in restrained LBW offspring. These results indicate that impaired miR449a expression, probably induced by increased GAS5 expression, causes dysregulation of Crhr1 expression in the anterior pituitary, resulting in prolonged HPA axis activation in restrained LBW offspring.
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- Takahiro Nemoto
- Department of PhysiologyNippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8602, Japan
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- Department of PhysiologyNippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8602, Japan
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- Department of PhysiologyNippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8602, Japan
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Risk factors for sedentary behavior in young adults: similarities in the inequalities. J Dev Orig Health Dis 2014; 1:255-61. [PMID: 25141873 DOI: 10.1017/s204017441000019x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Physical activity is a known protective factor, with benefits for both metabolic and psychological aspects of health. Our objective was to verify early and late determinants of physical activity in young adults. A total of 2063 individuals from a birth cohort in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, were studied at the age of 23-25 years. Poisson regression was performed using three models: (1) early model considering birth weight, gestational age, maternal income, schooling and smoking; (2) late model considering individual's gender, schooling, smoking and body mass index; and (3) combined (early + late) model. Physical activity was evaluated using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, stratifying the individuals into active or sedentary. The general rate of sedentary behavior in the sample was 49.6%. In the early model, low birth weight (relative risk (RR) = 1.186, confidence interval (95%CI) 1.005-1.399) was a risk factor for sedentary activity. Female gender (RR = 1.379, 95%CI = 1.259-1.511) and poor schooling (RR = 1.126, 95%CI = 1.007-1.259) were associated with sedentary behavior in the late model. In the combined model, only female gender and participant's schooling remained significant. An interaction between birth weight and individual's schooling was found, in which sedentary behavior was more prevalent in individuals born with low birth weight only if they had higher educational levels. Variables of early development and social insertion in later life interact to determine an individual's disposition to practice physical activities. This study may support the theoretical model 'Similarities in the inequalities', in which opposed perinatal backgrounds have the same impact over a health outcome in adulthood when facing unequal social achievement during the life-course.
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The fetal or early origins of adult disease hypothesis states that environmental factors, particularly nutrition, act in early life to program the risks for chronic diseases in adult life. As eating habits can be linked to the development of several diseases including obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, it could be proposed that persistent food preferences across the life-span in people who were exposed to an adverse fetal environment may partially explain their increased risk to develop metabolic disease later in life. In this paper, we grouped the clinical and experimental evidence demonstrating that the fetal environment may impact the individual's food preferences. In addition, we review the feeding preferences development and regulation (homeostatic and hedonic pathways, the role of taste/olfaction and the reward/pleasure), as well as propose mechanisms linking early life conditions to food preferences later in life. We review the evidence suggesting that in utero conditions are associated with the development of specific food preferences, which may be involved in the risk for later disease. This may have implications in terms of public health and primary prevention during early ages.
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Pruis MGM, van Ewijk PA, Schrauwen-Hinderling VB, Plösch T. Lipotoxicity and the role of maternal nutrition. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2014; 210:296-306. [PMID: 24119080 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2013] [Revised: 08/12/2013] [Accepted: 09/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Intrauterine malnutrition predisposes the offspring towards the development of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. To explain this association, the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease hypothesis was introduced, meaning that subtle environmental changes during embryonic and foetal development can influence post-natal physiological functions. Different mechanisms, including epigenetics, are thought to be involved in this foetal programming, but the link between epigenetics and disease is missing. There is increasing evidence that ectopic lipid accumulation and/or lipotoxicity is induced by foetal programming. The aim of this review is to provide insights into the mechanisms underlying lipotoxicity through programming, which contributes to the increase in hepatic and cardiac metabolic risk.
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- M. G. M. Pruis
- Department of Pediatrics; Laboratory Medicine; Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases; University Medical Center Groningen; University of Groningen; Groningen the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology; Maastricht University Medical Center; Maastricht the Netherlands
- Department of Human Biology; Maastricht University Medical Center; Maastricht the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics; Laboratory Medicine; Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases; University Medical Center Groningen; University of Groningen; Groningen the Netherlands
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Shoji H, Murano Y, Mori M, Matsunaga N, Ohkawa N, Suganuma H, Ikeno M, Hisata K, Hirayama S, Ueno T, Miida T, Shimizu T. Lipid profile and atherogenic indices soon after birth in Japanese preterm infants. Acta Paediatr 2014; 103:22-6. [PMID: 24117869 DOI: 10.1111/apa.12436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2013] [Revised: 08/19/2013] [Accepted: 09/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIM The intra-uterine environment affects the risk of development of cardiovascular disease in adulthood. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of prematurity and foetal growth restriction on lipid metabolism, by assessing atherogenic indices soon after birth in preterm infants. METHODS Blood samples were collected within 20 min of birth from 80 preterm infants with a gestational age of ≤35 weeks. Serum total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLc), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLc), apolipoprotein-A1 (apoA1) and apolipoprotein-B (apoB) levels were measured. The ratio of TC/HDLc, LDLc/HDLc and apoB/apoA1 were also calculated. Correlations between these indices and gestational age, birth weight and the standard deviation (SD) score for birth weight were also determined. RESULTS Gestational age, birth weight and SD score for birth weight were negatively correlated with the TC/HDLc, LDLc/HDLc and apoB/apoA1 ratios. CONCLUSION In preterm infants, prematurity and poor foetal growth may influence lipid and apolipoprotein metabolism and affect atherogenic indices at birth.
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- Hiromichi Shoji
- Department of Pediatrics; Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine; Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine; Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine; Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics; Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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Bekkers MBM, Brunekreef B, Koppelman GH, Kerkhof M, de Jongste JC, Smit HA, Wijga AH. BMI and waist circumference; cross-sectional and prospective associations with blood pressure and cholesterol in 12-year-olds. PLoS One 2012; 7:e51801. [PMID: 23251628 PMCID: PMC3522600 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2012] [Accepted: 11/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Childhood and adolescent overweight, defined by body mass index (BMI) are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in later life. Abdominal adiposity may be more important in associations with cardiovascular diseases but waist circumference (WC) has been rarely studied in children. We studied associations between BMI and WC and blood pressure (BP) and cholesterol in 12-year-old children and prospectively changes in BMI or WC status between age 8 and 12 years and BP and cholesterol at age 12. STUDY DESIGN Weight, height, WC, BP and cholesterol concentrations were measured in 1432 children at age 12 years. Linear regression was used to study the associations between high BMI and large WC (>90(th) percentile) and BP and cholesterol. RESULTS Systolic BP was 4.9 mmHg higher (95% (CI 2.5, 7.2) in girls and 4.2 mmHg (95%CI 1.9, 6.5) in boys with a high BMI. Large WC was also associated with higher systolic BP in girls (3.7 mmHg (95%CI 1.3, 6.1)) and boys (3.5 mmHg (95%CI 1.2, 5.8)). Diastolic BP and cholesterol concentrations were significantly positively (HDL cholesterol negatively) associated with high BMI and large WC, too. Normal weight children with a history of overweight did not have higher blood pressure levels or adverse cholesterol concentrations than children that were normal weight at both ages. CONCLUSION A high BMI and large WC were associated with higher BP levels and adverse cholesterol concentrations. WC should be taken into account when examining cardiovascular risk factors in children.
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- Marga B M Bekkers
- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Perälä MM, Eriksson JG. Early growth and postprandial glucose, insulin, lipid and inflammatory responses in adulthood. Curr Opin Lipidol 2012; 23:327-33. [PMID: 22617752 DOI: 10.1097/mol.0b013e3283541da6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Epidemiological findings suggest that prenatal and postnatal growth is associated with later health outcomes including cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. It has been suggested that these associations are mediated through classical risk factors, for example dyslipidemia. Despite extensive epidemiological investigations, only limited data are available on the long-term influences of early growth on postprandial responses, although postprandial levels of many risk factors have been proposed to be more important than fasting levels in disease process. This review focuses on recent studies evaluating the effect of early growth on postprandial responses. RECENT FINDINGS Current evidence from postprandial studies shows that individuals who were small at birth or grew slowly during infancy have elevated postprandial insulin and triglyceride responses. However, early growth does not seem to affect postprandial inflammatory markers. It is likely that both liver programming and abnormalities in insulin-sensitive tissues play key roles in explaining these elevated responses. SUMMARY Recent studies suggest that slow growth during early life has an adverse effect on postprandial metabolism, and predicts higher insulin and triglyceride responses. These elevated postprandial responses might be one underlying mechanism explaining the increased risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes associated with nonoptimal early growth.
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- Mia-Maria Perälä
- Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Unit of General Practice, Vaasa, Finland.
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Intrauterine growth restriction and the fetal programming of the hedonic response to sweet taste in newborn infants. Int J Pediatr 2012; 2012:657379. [PMID: 22851979 PMCID: PMC3407636 DOI: 10.1155/2012/657379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2012] [Revised: 06/04/2012] [Accepted: 06/05/2012] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Intrauterine growth restriction is associated with increased risk for adult metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease, which seems to be related to altered food preferences in these individuals later in life. In this study, we sought to understand whether intrauterine growth leads to fetal programming of the hedonic responses to sweet. Sixteen 1-day-old preterm infants received 24% sucrose solution or water and the taste reactivity was filmed and analyzed. Spearman correlation demonstrated a positive correlation between fetal growth and the hedonic response to the sweet solution in the first 15 seconds after the offer (r = 0.864, P = 0.001), without correlation when the solution given is water (r = 0.314, P = 0.455). In fact, the more intense the intrauterine growth restriction, the lower the frequency of the hedonic response observed. IUGR is strongly correlated with the hedonic response to a sweet solution in the first day of life in preterm infants. This is the first evidence in humans to demonstrate that the hedonic response to sweet taste is programmed very early during the fetal life by the degree of intrauterine growth. The altered hedonic response at birth and subsequent differential food preference may contribute to the increased risk of obesity and related disorders in adulthood in intrauterine growth-restricted individuals.
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Bernardi JR, Ferreira CF, Nunes M, da Silva CH, Bosa VL, Silveira PP, Goldani MZ. Impact of Perinatal Different Intrauterine Environments on Child Growth and Development in the First Six Months of Life--IVAPSA Birth Cohort: rationale, design, and methods. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2012; 12:25. [PMID: 22471837 PMCID: PMC3378440 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2012] [Accepted: 04/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background In the last twenty years, retrospective studies have shown that perinatal events may impact the individual health in the medium and long term. However, only a few prospective studies were designed to address this phenomenon. This study aims to describe the design and methods of the Impact of Perinatal Environmental Variations in the First Six Months of Life - the IVAPSA Birth Cohort. Method/Design This is a clinical study and involves the recruitment of a birth cohort from hospitals in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Mothers from different clinical backgrounds (hypertensive, diabetics, smokers, having an intrauterine growth restricted child for idiopathic reasons, and controls) will be invited to join the study twenty-four hours after the birth of their child. Data on economic, social, and maternal health care, feeding practices, anthropometric measures, physical activity, and neuropsychological evaluation will be obtained in interviews at postpartum, 7 and 15 days, 1, 3 and 6 months of life. Discussion To our knowledge, this is the first thematic cohort focused on the effects of intrauterine growth restriction to prospectively enroll mothers from different clinical backgrounds. The IVAPSA Birth Cohort is a promising research platform that can contribute to the knowledge on the relationship between perinatal events and their consequences on the children's early life.
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- Juliana Rombaldi Bernardi
- Núcleo de Estudos da Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente - Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre - Faculdade de Medicina - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2350, CEP 90035-903 - Porto Alegre/RS - Brazil
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Silveira PP, Agranonik M, Faras H, Portella AK, Meaney MJ, Levitan RD. Preliminary evidence for an impulsivity-based thrifty eating phenotype. Pediatr Res 2012; 71:293-8. [PMID: 22278183 DOI: 10.1038/pr.2011.39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Low birth weight is associated with obesity and an increased risk for metabolic/cardiovascular diseases in later life. RESULTS The results of the snack delay test, which encompassed four distinct trials, indicated that the gender × intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) × trial interaction was a predictor of the ability to delay the food reward (P = 0.002). Among children with normal birth weights, girls showed a greater ability to delay food rewards than did boys (P = 0.014).In contrast, among children with IUGR, there was no such differential ability between girls and boys. Furthermore, in girls, impulsive responding predicted both increased consumption of palatable fat (P = 0.007) and higher BMIs (P = 0.020) at 48 mo of age, although there was no such association with BMI at 36 mo. DISCUSSION In girls, the quality of fetal growth may contribute to impulsive eating, which may promote an increased intake of fats and consequently higher BMIs. As with the original thrifty phenotype, such a mechanism would be adaptive when food supplies are sparse, but would be problematic in societies with ample access to calorically rich foods. METHODS We examined whether the quality of intrauterine growth programs obesogenic eating behaviors, by investigating (i) the relationship between birth weight and impulsive eating in 3-year-old children (using the snack delay test), and (ii) whether impulsive eating predicts fat intake and/or BMI at 4 years of age (using a laboratory-based test meal).
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- Patrícia P Silveira
- Núcleo de Estudos da Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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Nistala R, Hayden MR, DeMarco VG, Henriksen EJ, Lackland DT, Sowers JR. Prenatal Programming and Epigenetics in the Genesis of the Cardiorenal Syndrome. Cardiorenal Med 2011; 1:243-254. [PMID: 22096456 PMCID: PMC3214897 DOI: 10.1159/000332756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The presence of a group of interacting maladaptive factors, including hypertension, insulin resistance, metabolic dyslipidemia, obesity, and microalbuminuria and/or reduced renal function, collectively constitutes the cardiorenal metabolic syndrome (CRS). Nutritional and other environmental cues during fetal development can permanently affect the composition, homeostatic systems, and functions of multiple organs and systems; this process has been referred to as 'programming'. Since the original formulation of the notion that low birth weight is a proxy for 'prenatal programming' of adult hypertension and cardiovascular disease, evidence has also emerged for programming of kidney disease, insulin resistance, obesity, metabolic dyslipidemia, and other chronic diseases. The programming concept was initially predicated on the notion that in utero growth restriction due to famine was responsible for increased hypertension, and cardiovascular and renal diseases. On the other hand, we are now more commonly exposed to increasing rates of maternal obesity. The current review will discuss the overarching role of maternal overnutrition, as well as fetal undernutrition, in epigenetic programming in relation to the pathogenesis of the CRS in children and adults.
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- Ravi Nistala
- University of Missouri Diabetes Cardiovascular Center, Columbia, Mo., USA
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- University of Missouri Diabetes Cardiovascular Center, Columbia, Mo., USA
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- University of Missouri Diabetes Cardiovascular Center, Columbia, Mo., USA
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Columbia, Mo., USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Ariz., USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C., USA
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- University of Missouri Diabetes Cardiovascular Center, Columbia, Mo., USA
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Columbia, Mo., USA
- Harry S. Truman VA Medical Center, Columbia, Mo., USA
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Bekkers MBM, Brunekreef B, Smit HA, Kerkhof M, Koppelman GH, Oldenwening M, Wijga AH. Early-life determinants of total and HDL cholesterol concentrations in 8-year-old children; the PIAMA birth cohort study. PLoS One 2011; 6:e25533. [PMID: 21980486 PMCID: PMC3181258 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2011] [Accepted: 09/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Adult cholesterol concentrations might be influenced by early-life factors, such as breastfeeding and birth weight, referred to as "early programming". How such early factors exert their influence over the life course is still poorly understood. Evidence from studies in children and adolescents is scarce and conflicting. We investigated the influence of 6 different perinatal risk factors on childhood total and HDL cholesterol concentrations and total-to-HDL cholesterol ratio measured at 8 years of age, and additionally we studied the role of the child's current Body Mass Index (BMI). METHODS Anthropometric measures and blood plasma samples were collected during a medical examination in 751 8-year-old children participating in the prospective Prevention and Incidence of Asthma and Mite Allergy (PIAMA) birth cohort study. Linear and logistic regression were performed to estimate associations of total and HDL cholesterol concentrations with breastfeeding, birth weight, infant weight gain, maternal overweight before pregnancy, gestational diabetes and maternal smoking during pregnancy, taking into account the child's current BMI. RESULTS Linear regressions showed an association between total-to-HDL cholesterol ratio and maternal pre-pregnancy overweight (β = 0.15, Confidence Interval 95% (CI): 0.02, 0.28), rapid infant weight gain (β = 0.13, 95%CI: 0.01, 0.26), and maternal smoking during pregnancy (β = 0.14, 95%CI: 0.00, 0.29). These associations were partly mediated by the child's BMI. CONCLUSION Total-to-HDL cholesterol ratio in 8-year-old children was positively associated with maternal pre-pregnancy overweight, maternal smoking during pregnancy and rapid infant weight gain.
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- Marga B M Bekkers
- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Gustafsson PE, Janlert U, Theorell T, Westerlund H, Hammarström A. Fetal and life course origins of serum lipids in mid-adulthood: results from a prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health 2010; 10:484. [PMID: 20712860 PMCID: PMC2936420 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2010] [Accepted: 08/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background During the past two decades, the hypothesis of fetal origins of adult disease has received considerable attention. However, critique has also been raised regarding the failure to take the explanatory role of accumulation of other exposures into consideration, despite the wealth of evidence that social circumstances during the life course impact on health in adulthood. The aim of the present prospective cohort study was to examine the contributions of birth weight and life course exposures (cumulative socioeconomic disadvantage and adversity) to dyslipidemia and serum lipids in mid-adulthood. Methods A cohort (effective n = 824, 77%) was prospectively examined with respect to self-reported socioeconomic status as well as stressors (e.g., financial strain, low decision latitude, separation, death or illness of a close one, unemployment) at the ages of 16, 21, 30 and 43 years; summarized in cumulative socioeconomic disadvantage and cumulative adversity. Information on birth weight was collected from birth records. Participants were assessed for serum lipids (total cholesterol, low- and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides), apolipoproteins (A1 and B) and height and weight (for the calculation of body mass index, BMI) at age 43. Current health behavior (alcohol consumption, smoking and snuff use) was reported at age 43. Results Cumulative life course exposures were related to several outcomes; mainly explained by cumulative socioeconomic disadvantage in the total sample (independently of current health behaviors but attenuated by current BMI) and also by cumulative adversity in women (partly explained by current health behavior but not by BMI). Birth weight was related only to triglycerides in women, independently of life course exposures, health behaviors and BMI. No significant association of either exposure was observed in men. Conclusions Social circumstances during the life course seem to be of greater importance than birth weight for dyslipidemia and serum lipid levels in adulthood.
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- Per E Gustafsson
- Dept of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Family Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
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Salonen M, Tenhola S, Laitinen T, Lyyra-Laitinen T, Romppanen J, Jääskeläinen J, Voutilainen R. Tracking Serum Lipid Levels and the Association of Cholesterol Concentrations, Blood Pressure and Cigarette Smoking With Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in Young Adults Born Small for Gestational Age. Circ J 2010; 74:2419-25. [DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-10-0398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Maria Salonen
- Department of Pediatrics, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern Finland
- Department of Pediatrics, Kymenlaakso Central Hospital
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kymenlaakso Central Hospital
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- Department of Clinical Physiology, Kuopio University Hospital
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- Eastern Finland Laboratory Centre and University of Eastern Finland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern Finland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern Finland
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Banci M, Saccucci P, Dofcaci A, Sansoni I, Magrini A, Bottini E, Gloria-Bottini F. Birth weight and coronary artery disease. The effect of gender and diabetes. Int J Biol Sci 2009; 5:244-8. [PMID: 19266064 PMCID: PMC2651619 DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.5.244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2008] [Accepted: 03/01/2009] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Background: The developmental origin theory of coronary heart disease proposes that undernutrition in utero permanently changes body functions and metabolism leading to an increased risk of coronary artery diseases (CAD) in adult life. Some studies support this theory but others suggest that birth weight (BW) is not a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Gender differences concerning the association between BW and risk factors for CAD have been reported in some studies but not in others. In this paper we have analyzed the effect of gender and diabetes on the relationship between BW and CAD in the White population of Rome. Material and Methods: 226 subjects admitted to the Hospital for non fatal CAD from the White population of Rome were studied. 395 consecutive newborn infants studied in the same population in the years 1968-1972 were considered for comparison. Results: Among subjects with CAD, reliable information on BW was obtained in 127 subjects. The distribution of BW in CAD depends on gender (p=0.009). In females with CAD there is a tendency toward low BW, while in males with CAD there is a tendency toward high BW. These associations are very marked in non-diabetic subjects with CAD (p=.001), while no significant association is observed in diabetic subjects (p=0.557). Conclusion: Our data confirm the association between BW and CAD and suggest that the association depends on gender and is influenced by diabetes.
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- Maria Banci
- Department of Cardiology, Valmontone Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Libby G, McEwan SR, Morris AD, Belch JJF. No difference in the association between birth weight and total cholesterol for males and females. A SHARP (Scottish Heart and Arterial Disease Risk Prevention) study. Vasc Med 2009; 13:271-4. [PMID: 18940903 DOI: 10.1177/1358863x08093465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We carried out a cohort study in a relatively young healthy working population to assess any difference between males and females in the association between birth weight and adult total cholesterol. Perinatal data came from the Walker database of babies born between 1952 and 1966 in Dundee, Scotland. This was record-linked to information from the SHARP (Scottish Heart and Arterial Risk Prevention) cohort who had undergone a cardiovascular risk screening between 1991 and 1993. There were 1158 individuals (56% male, mean age 32.1 years). For both males and females there was no association between birth weight and cholesterol either unadjusted or after adjustment for BMI and other potential confounders: B = -0.11 (95% CI -0.03, 0.04) for males, B = -0.15 (95% CI -0.31, 0.01) for females. All individuals together showed a slight decrease in cholesterol for 1 kg increase in birth weight but only after adjustment for BMI: B = -0.13 (95% CI -0.24, -0.01). These results suggest no difference in the relationship between birth weight and total cholesterol for males and females.
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- G Libby
- Division of Community Health Sciences, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK.
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Al Salmi I, Hoy WE, Kondalsamy-Chennakes S, Wang Z, Healy H, Shaw JE. Birth weight and stages of CKD: a case-control study in an Australian population. Am J Kidney Dis 2008; 52:1070-8. [PMID: 18640755 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2007] [Accepted: 04/23/2008] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND In view of recent reports of the relationship of kidney disease to birth weight, we evaluate the relationship between birth weight and chronic kidney disease (CKD), including end-stage kidney disease, in Australian adults. STUDY DESIGN A case-control study. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS Patients attending the nephrology department at a major metropolitan hospital in Australia were asked to recall their birth weight, excluding those with structural kidney abnormalities. Two controls for each patient, matched for sex and within 5 years of age, were selected from participants from the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle (AusDiab) Study, who had also been asked to report their birth weight. PREDICTOR Birth weight in kilograms. OUTCOMES & MEASUREMENTS CKD and stages were defined using the National Kidney Foundation-Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative classification, proteinuria as a marker of kidney damage, and glomerular filtration rate estimates, by using the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study equation. RESULTS Of 189 patients with CKD who reported their birth weights for whom controls were identified, 106 were men. Mean age was 60.3 +/- 15 (SD) years. Mean birth weight overall was 3.27 +/- 0.6 versus 3.46 +/- 0.6 kg for their controls (P < 0.001), and proportions with birth weights less than 2.5 kg were 12.2% and 4.4% (P < 0.001). In patients with CKD, 22.8%, 21.7%, 18%, and 37.6% were in CKD stages 2 (n = 43), 3 (n = 41), 4 (n = 34), and 5 (n = 71), respectively. Birth weights by CKD stage and their AusDiab controls were as follows: stage 2, 3.38 +/- 0.52 versus 3.49 +/- 0.52 kg; P = 0.2; stage 3, 3.28 +/- 0.54 versus 3.44 +/- 0.54 kg; P = 0.1; stage 4, 3.19 +/- 0.72 versus 3.43 +/- 0.56 kg; P = 0.1; and stage 5, 3.09 +/- 0.65 versus 3.47 +/- 0.67 kg; P < 0.001. Differences in birth weights applied to women and men and people younger than 60 and 60 years and older and were present in the major "causal" categories of renal disease. LIMITATIONS Birth weight is by self-recall with a significant nonresponse rate to the questionnaire in both cases and controls. CONCLUSIONS Urban Australian patients with CKD had lower birth weights than their matched Australian controls. In addition, the more advanced the CKD stage, the lower the birth weight. Thus, lower birth weights appear to predispose to CKD and to its progression. Among possible explanations is the documented association between birth weight and nephron number.
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- Isa Al Salmi
- Centre for Chronic Disease, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
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Fraser A, Hughes R, McCarthy A, Tilling K, Davies D, Rumley A, Lowe GDO, Smith GD, Ben-Shlomo Y. Early life growth and hemostatic factors: the Barry Caerphilly Growth study. Am J Epidemiol 2008; 168:179-87. [PMID: 18495627 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Associations between early life growth trajectories and a range of adult (aged approximately 25 years) hemostatic factors were assessed in the Barry Caerphilly Growth study (N = 517) in South Wales, 1974-1999. Associations of birth weight, birth length, and weight and height velocities during three periods ("immediate": 0-<5 months, "infant": 5 months-<1 year 9 months, and "childhood": 1 year 9 months-5 years) with adult levels of hemostatic factors were assessed. Birth weight was inversely associated with fibrinogen (beta per 1-unit change in z score = -0.08, 95% confidence interval (CI): -0.15, -0.02). Immediate weight velocity was inversely associated with factor VII (beta = -1.88, 95% CI: -3.84, 0.09), factor VIII (beta = -2.58, 95% CI: -4.07, -0.45), and von Willebrand factor antigen (beta = -4.07, 95% CI: -7.25, -0.89). Birth length was inversely associated with fibrinogen (beta = -0.07, 95% CI: -0.14, -0.01). Evidence was weaker for an inverse association of immediate height velocity with factor VIII (beta = -2.16, 95% CI: -4.62, 0.29) and von Willebrand factor antigen (beta = -2.85, 95% CI: -6.52, 0.81). Childhood height velocity was positively associated with D-dimer (ratio of geometric means = 1.11, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.23). Results support the view that the immediate postnatal period may be particularly important, possibly through impaired liver development and/or infection in early life, in determining cardiovascular disease risk.
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- A Fraser
- Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
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Labayen I, Moreno LA, Ruiz JR, González-Gross M, Wärnberg J, Breidenassel C, Ortega FB, Marcos A, Bueno M. Small birth weight and later body composition and fat distribution in adolescents: the Avena study. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2008; 16:1680-6. [PMID: 18464751 DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the association between birth weight and body composition and fat distribution in adolescents, and to test the possible sex-specific effect in these relationships. METHODS AND PROCEDURES A total of 1,223 adolescents 13-18.5 years old (553 male adolescents and 670 female adolescents) born at >35 weeks, were selected from a cross-sectional multicenter study conducted in five Spanish cities in 2000-2002. BMI was calculated from weight and height. Triceps and subscapular skinfold thickness (ST) were measured on the left side, and fat mass (FM) and fat-free mass (FFM) were estimated according to the equations of Slaughter et al. Subscapular skinfold adjusted by tricipital (ST) and waist circumference were used as markers of central adiposity. RESULTS Birth weight Z-score was positively associated with FFM in female adolescents (P<0.001), but not in male adolescents, after controlling for age, pubertal stage, gestational age, socioeconomic status, physical activity, and current height (P<0.001 for interaction between adjusted birth weight Z-score and sex). Adjusted birth weight Z-score was inversely associated with central adiposity in male and female adolescents as measured by ST (P=0.026). DISCUSSION These results provide further evidence that gender has an important influence on the programming effect of birth weight on later FFM in adolescents because the effect was only observed in female adolescents. Our results suggest that small size for gestational age at birth could program more central subcutaneous fat deposition in adolescents of both sexes, but further research is needed on this issue.
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- Idoia Labayen
- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of the Basque Country, Vitoria, Spain.
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OBJECTIVE To investigate natural change of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) profile during the neonatal period and the impact of gestational age and birth weight on those changes. STUDY DESIGN We measured lipid composition in LDL fraction, LDL particle size and apolipoprotein B (apoB) concentration at birth, 5 days of age and 1 month of age in 63 healthy neonates that had 37 to 41-week gestational age. RESULT Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and apoB concentrations increased from birth to 5 days of age, and the concentration persisted at 1 month in breast-fed and mixed-fed infants. However, in formula-fed infants, the concentration decreased at 1 month. At 5 days of age, neonates had larger and more triglyceride (TG)-rich LDL particles than at birth. At 1 month of age, LDL particles were smaller and more cholesterol rich than at 5 days of age. Single regression analyses showed that gestational age had influenced the LDL profile at birth and 5 days of age, while at 1 month milk determined the profile. CONCLUSION The number of LDL particles increased rapidly during the first 5 days of life, and the composition of LDL particles is modulated by TG content throughout the neonatal period. Gestational age and milk, rather than birth weight, determine postnatal changes in LDL profile.
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Arias Álvarez M, Sánchez Bayle M. Influencia del peso de recién nacido en el perfil lipídico y la presión arterial en adolescentes de Madrid. An Pediatr (Barc) 2008; 68:329-35. [DOI: 10.1157/13117702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Kajantie E, Barker DJP, Osmond C, Forsen T, Eriksson JG. Growth before 2 years of age and serum lipids 60 years later: The Helsinki Birth Cohort Study. Int J Epidemiol 2008; 37:280-9. [DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Fraser A, Ebrahim S, Smith GD, Lawlor DA. The associations between birthweight and adult markers of liver damage and function. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2008; 22:12-21. [PMID: 18173779 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2007.00876.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Evidence suggesting an effect of fetal growth on liver development and function stems from both animal and human studies. The association of birthweight with adult markers of liver damage and function was examined in a random sample of 2101 British women aged 60-79 years. Age-adjusted natural logged levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and gamma glutamyltransferase (GGT) decreased linearly across increasing thirds of birthweight. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) levels were higher in women of the lowest third of the birthweight distribution compared with other women. No evidence was found for associations of birthweight with aspartate aminotransferase (AST), total bilirubin and albumin. After full adjustment for social class, physical activity, smoking and alcohol consumption, an increase in one standard deviation of birthweight (691 g) was associated with a 2% ([95% CI 0%, 4%], P = 0.021) decrease in the geometric mean of ALT, a 4% decrease in GGT ([95% CI 1%, 6%], P = 0.008) and a 2% decrease in ALP ([95% CI 0%, 3%], P = 0.001). Associations of birthweight with ALT and GGT, but not with ALP, were attenuated when adjusting for components of the metabolic syndrome. These findings suggest that factors affecting intrauterine growth may increase the propensity for adult liver damage. The attenuation of associations with adjustment for components of the metabolic syndrome is in line with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, indicated by elevated ALT and GGT, being the hepatic manifestation of the metabolic syndrome, and of the influence of perinatal factors on this syndrome.
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- Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
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Al Salmi I, Hoy WE, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan S, Wang Z, Gobe GC, Barr ELM, Shaw JE. Disorders of glucose regulation in adults and birth weight: results from the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle (AUSDIAB) Study. Diabetes Care 2008; 31:159-64. [PMID: 17934149 DOI: 10.2337/dc07-1170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine the association of birth weight with indexes of glycemia in a population-based survey. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 10,788 participants in the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle (AusDiab) Study were asked to complete a birth weight questionnaire. Fasting plasma glucose (FPG), postload glucose (PLG), and A1C were modeled against birth weight. World Health Organization criteria were used to define impaired fasting glucose (IFG), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), and diabetes. RESULTS Among 7,157 participants who responded to the questionnaire, 4,502 reported their birth weights, with a mean +/- SD of 3.4 +/- 0.7 kg. FPG, PLG, and A1C were strongly and inversely correlated with birth weight. The odds ratios (95% CI) for high (>90th sex-specific percentile) FPG, PLG, and A1C were 0.83 (0.71-0.96), 0.74 (0.65-0.84), and 0.81 (0.70-0.94), respectively, for a 1-kg increase in birth weight after adjustment for age and sex. In those with low birth weight (LBW), the risks for having IFG, IGT, and diabetes and for all abnormalities combined were increased by 1.75, 2.22, 2.76, and 2.28, respectively, for women and by 1.40, 1.32, 1.98, and 1.49 for men compared with risks for those with normal birth weight. These trends applied across categories of age and BMI. CONCLUSIONS In an affluent Western country with a good adult health profile, birth weight has an inverse relationship with indexes of glycemia, and individuals with LBW were predisposed to higher rates of glycemic dysregulation in adult life. These associations were independent of BMI and of other factors significantly correlated with glycemic dysregulation.
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- Isa Al Salmi
- Centre for Chronic Disease, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
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Cooper R, Power C. Sex differences in the associations between birthweight and lipid levels in middle-age: findings from the 1958 British birth cohort. Atherosclerosis 2007; 200:141-9. [PMID: 18164017 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2007] [Revised: 11/06/2007] [Accepted: 11/15/2007] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To examine sex differences in birthweight-lipid associations. METHODS AND RESULTS Using prospectively collected data on birthweight and non-fasting lipid levels at age 44-45 y from the 1958 British birth cohort (3603 men and 3583 women), sex differences in birthweight-lipid associations were examined. There were inverse associations between birthweight and total and low-density-lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol among women (a 1 kg increase in birthweight was associated with a 0.13 mmol/L reduction in total cholesterol (p<0.001) and a 0.07 mmol/L reduction in LDL-cholesterol (p=0.02)) but no associations among men (p=0.005 and p=0.01, respectively, for birthweight x sex interactions). There was an inverse association between birthweight and triglycerides of a similar magnitude in both sexes (a 1 kg increase in birthweight was associated with a 7% reduction in triglyceride levels in sex-adjusted models (p<0.001)). There was no association between birthweight and high-density-lipoprotein-cholesterol. Associations were largely unaltered after adjustment for covariates. Of birthweight, current height and BMI, the latter was the strongest predictor of lipid levels. CONCLUSIONS The finding of an inverse association between birthweight and triglycerides in both sexes and of inverse associations between birthweight and total and LDL-cholesterol only in women suggests that the mechanisms underlying the associations with birthweight may vary for different lipids.
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- Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK.
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Tu YK, Manda SOM, Ellison GTH, Gilthorpe MS. Revisiting the interaction between birth weight and current body size in the foetal origins of adult disease. Eur J Epidemiol 2007; 22:565-75. [PMID: 17641977 DOI: 10.1007/s10654-007-9159-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2006] [Accepted: 06/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The four models proposed for exploring the foetal origins of adult disease (FOAD) hypothesis use the product term between size at birth and current size to determine the relative importance of pre- and post-natal growth on disease in later life. This is a common approach for testing the interaction between an exposure (in this instance size at birth) and an effect modifier (in this instance current size)--incorporating the product term obtained by multiplying the exposure and effect modifier variables within a statistical regression model. This study examines the mathematical basis for this approach and uses computer simulations to demonstrate two potential statistical flaws that might generate misleading findings. The first of these is that the expected value of the partial regression coefficient for the product term (between exposure and effect modifier) will be zero when the outcome, exposure and effect modifier are all continuously distributed and follow a multivariate normal distribution. This is because testing the product interaction term amounts to testing for multivariate normality among the three variables, irrespective of the pair-wise correlations amongst them. The second flaw is that it is possible to generate a statistically significant interaction between exposure and effect modifier, even when none exists, simply by categorising either or both of these variables. These flaws pose a serious challenge to the four models approach proposed for exploring the FOAD hypothesis. The interaction between exposure and effect modifier variables should be interpreted with caution both here and elsewhere in epidemiological analyses.
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- Yu-Kang Tu
- Biostatistics Unit, Centre for Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and Therapeutics, University of Leeds, 30/32 Hyde Terrace, Leeds LS2 9LN, UK.
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Davies AA, Smith GD, May MT, Ben-Shlomo Y. Association Between Birth Weight and Blood Pressure Is Robust, Amplifies With Age, and May Be Underestimated. Hypertension 2006; 48:431-6. [PMID: 16880348 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000236551.00191.61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Data on the early life origins of adult hypertension have been widely reported: however, recent research shows that the strength of association between small size at birth and higher blood pressure weakens as study size increases. In this article, we retest the association between birth weight and systolic blood pressure in a large cohort, examine whether age interacts with birth weight to predict blood pressure, and explore reasons why birth weight-blood pressure associations tend to weaken with increasing study size. Measurements from 25874 employees of a large United Kingdom company (mean [SD] age: 38.0 [7.9] years), undertaking voluntary occupational health screening, were available. Using linear regression analysis, we observed that systolic blood pressure changed −0.8 (95% CI: −1.1 to −0.5) mmHg per 1-kg increase in birth weight (
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<0.001) adjusted for age and sex and −1.1 (95% CI: −1.3 to −0.8) mmHg/kg (
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<0.001) after further adjustment for body size. This inverse association amplified with age (age/birth weight interaction term
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<0.001). In participants reporting birth weight from hospital records (n=744), systolic blood pressure changed −1.4 (95% CI: −3.1 to 0.2) mmHg/kg compared with −0.8 (95% CI: −1.0 to −0.5) mmHg/kg in all of the other participants. Finally, the data show evidence of “fixed-category blood pressure allocation,” where participants are allocated certain blood pressure values, such as 120/80 mmHg, independent of actual blood pressure. Although the association between birth weight and systolic blood pressure was weaker than observed in smaller studies, recalled birth weight and fixed blood pressure measurement error may generate a trend toward weaker associations in larger studies.
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- Anna A Davies
- Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Rd, Bristol, BS8 2PR, United Kingdom
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Dunger DB, Ong KK. Endocrine and metabolic consequences of intrauterine growth retardation. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 2005; 34:597-615, ix. [PMID: 16085162 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2005.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Size at birth and early infancy growth rates have been linked to long-term risks for diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. These associations could be explained by permanent programming of metabolic responses and selective survival of those genetically predisposed to such adaptations. These epidemiologic associations may also affect long-term disease risk in short small-for-gestational age children, who are often treated with growth hormone. Study of the mechanisms and genetic factors involved in the association between small size at birth, rapid postnatal weight gain, and adult disease may promote the early identification of subjects with the highest disease risk and new opportunities to develop targeted early interventions.
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- David B Dunger
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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Lawlor DA, Owen CG, Davies AA, Whincup PH, Ebrahim S, Cook DG, Davey Smith G. Sex differences in the association between birth weight and total cholesterol. A meta-analysis. Ann Epidemiol 2005; 16:19-25. [PMID: 16039874 DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2005.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2004] [Accepted: 04/26/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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PURPOSE Determine whether a sex difference exists in the association between birth weight and total cholesterol later in life. METHODS Meta-analysis of within-study differences in regression coefficients of cholesterol on birth weight. RESULTS A total of 34 regression coefficients from 30 studies were included in the analyses; these provided data on 33,650 males and 23,129 females. There was evidence that the inverse association between birth weight and total cholesterol was stronger in males compared to females. The pooled within-study difference in age-adjusted regression coefficients was -0.03 mmol/l (-0.06, -0.01), p = 0.02 and the pooled within-study difference in age and body mass index adjusted regression coefficients was -0.04 mmol/l (-0.07, -0.02), p = 0.002. There was no evidence of heterogeneity in these meta-analyses (both p values > 0.6). CONCLUSIONS These results provide some evidence for a sex difference in the birth weight-total cholesterol association. This is consistent with studies of fetal growth which suggest that birth size reflects different biological processes for females and males. However, other very large studies are required to confirm this finding.
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- Debbie A Lawlor
- Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, United Kingdom.
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Wiréhn AB, Törnberg S, Carstensen J. Serum cholesterol and testicular cancer incidence in 45,000 men followed for 25 years. Br J Cancer 2005; 92:1785-6. [PMID: 15827555 PMCID: PMC2362041 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In a 25-year follow-up study of 44 864 men with measured serum cholesterol levels, the testicular cancer hazard ratios for the serum cholesterol categories 5.7–6.9 and ⩾7.0 mmol l−1vs the reference category (<5.7 mmol l−1) were 1.3 and 4.5, respectively; P-value for trend=0.005. This highly significant association suggests that high-serum cholesterol is a risk factor for testicular cancer.
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- A-B Wiréhn
- Department of Health and Society, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden.
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