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Maternal Obesity and Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases in Offspring: Population-Based Cohort and Sibling-Controlled Studies

Abstract

Background: Maternal overweight and obesity may increase offspring risks of adiposity, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases in childhood. We examined the associations between maternal overweight and obesity severity on risks of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in offspring during childhood and early adulthood.Methods: In this population-based cohort study, we identified 2,412,100 non-malformed live singleton infants in the Swedish Medical Birth …

Authors

Razaz N; Villamor E; Muraca G; Bonamy A-KE; Cnattingius S

Publication date

January 1, 2019

DOI

10.2139/ssrn.3506173

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SSRN Electronic Journal