Birth weight influences cardiac structure, function, and disease risk: evidence of a causal association
Ardissino M, Morley A, Slob E, Schuermans A, Rayes B, Raisi-Estabragh Z, de Marvao A, Burgess S, Rogne T, Honigberg M, Ng F. Birth weight influences cardiac structure, function, and disease risk: evidence of a causal association. European Heart Journal 2023, 45: 443-454. PMID: 37738114, PMCID: PMC10849320, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad631.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLow birth weightAdverse intrauterine environmentCoronary artery diseaseBirth weightIntrauterine environmentCardiac structureArtery diseaseFoetal effectsCardiovascular disease prevention strategiesDisease riskAdverse cardiac structureCardiovascular disease riskCommon pregnancy complicationLower stroke volumeDisease prevention strategiesMendelian randomization studyBenjamini-Hochberg correctionPregnancy complicationsIschemic strokeHeart failureAtrial fibrillationCardiometabolic diseasesIntrauterine influencesStroke volumeCardiovascular disease