Delivery of a small for gestational age infant and greater maternal risk of ischemic heart disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Delivery of a small for gestational age (SGA) infant has been associated with increased maternal risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD). It is uncertain whether giving birth to SGA infant is a specific determinant of later IHD, independent of other risk factors, or a marker of general poor health. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between delivery of a SGA infant and maternal risk for IHD in relation to traditional IHD risk factors.

Methods and findings

Risk of maternal IHD was evaluated in a population based cross-sectional study of 6,608 women with a prior live term birth who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2006), a probability sample of the U.S. population. Sequence of events was determined fro

SUBMITTER: Bukowski R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3303879 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature