Fetal nutrition and cardiovascular disease in later life.
Recent finding suggest that many fetuses have to adapt to a limited supply of nutrients and in doing so they permanently change their physiology and metabolism. These 'programmed' changes may be the origins of a number of diseases in life, including coronary heart disease and the related disorders stroke, diabetes and hypertension.
Barker
D J
DJ
MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit, Southampton General Hospital, UK.
D000368:Aged; D001724:Birth Weight; D001777:Blood Coagulation; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D010920:Placenta / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
D002784:Cholesterol