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Fetal liver-sparing cardiovascular adaptations linked to mother's slimness and diet.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15576647     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Fetal adaptations to impaired maternoplacental nutrient supply include altered regional blood flow. Whether such responses operate within the normal range of maternal body composition or diet is unknown, but any change in fetal liver perfusion could alter hepatic development, with long-term consequences for the risk of cardiovascular and metabolic disease. In 381 low-risk pregnancies, we found that the fetuses of slimmer mothers with lower body fat stores and those eating an unbalanced diet had greater liver blood flow and shunted less blood away from the liver through the ductus venosus at 36 weeks gestation. Consequences of such "liver-sparing" may underlie the increased cardiovascular risk of people whose mothers were slimmer and had lower body fat stores in pregnancy.
Authors:
Guttorm Haugen; Mark Hanson; Torvid Kiserud; Sarah Crozier; Hazel Inskip; Keith M Godfrey
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2004-12-02
Journal Detail:
Title:  Circulation research     Volume:  96     ISSN:  1524-4571     ISO Abbreviation:  Circ. Res.     Publication Date:  2005 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-01-07     Completed Date:  2005-06-28     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0047103     Medline TA:  Circ Res     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  12-4     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adaptation, Physiological*
Adipose Tissue / anatomy & histology*
Adult
Birth Weight
Blood Flow Velocity
Body Mass Index
Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology
Cardiovascular System / embryology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / epidemiology
Diet*
Female
Fetus / blood supply,  physiology
Gestational Age
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Liver / blood supply*,  embryology*,  ultrasonography
Malnutrition / physiopathology
Maternal Age
Organ Specificity
Placenta / blood supply,  ultrasonography
Pregnancy / physiology*
Pregnancy Complications / physiopathology
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects*
Questionnaires
Risk
Skinfold Thickness
Thinness* / physiopathology
Ultrasonography, Doppler
Ultrasonography, Prenatal
Umbilical Veins / ultrasonography

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