Impact of fetal programming, birth weight, and infant feeding on later hypertension

J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2012 Jun;14(6):365-71. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2012.00660.x. Epub 2012 May 21.

Abstract

The concept of developmental origins of adult disease derives from both epidemiologic and basic sciences. This brief review considers the impact of the intrauterine milieu, intrauterine growth retardation, premature birth, and infant feeding on later hypertension and kidney disease.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Birth Weight*
  • Disease Progression
  • Feeding Behavior / physiology*
  • Fetal Development*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / epidemiology*
  • Hypertension / etiology
  • Hypertension / pathology
  • Infant Food*
  • Prenatal Care
  • Time Factors
  • United States / epidemiology