Associations Between Sedentary Time, Physical Activity, and Cardiovascular Health in 6-Year-Old Children Born to Mothers With Increased Cardiometabolic Risk.

Purpose: To assess associations between sedentary time (ST), physical activity (PA), and cardiovascular health in early childhood.

Method: Cross-sectional study including 160 children (age 6.1 y [SD 0.

Childhood cardiovascular morphology and function following abnormal fetal growth.

Studies examining the link between abnormal fetal growth and cardiac changes in childhood have presented conflicting results. We studied the effect of abnormal fetal growth on cardiac morphology and function during childhood, while controlling for body size, composition and postnatal factors. We report on the follow-up of 90 children (median age 5.

Arterial health during early childhood following abnormal fetal growth.

Background: Abnormal fetal growth is associated with increased cardiovascular risk in adulthood. We investigated the effect of fetal programming on arterial health and morphology during early childhood.

Methods: We examined 90 children (median age 5.

Differences in cardiac geometry in relation to body size among neonates with abnormal prenatal growth and body size at birth.

Objectives: Both excessive and restricted fetal growth are associated with changes in cardiac geometry and function at birth. There are significant issues when indexing cardiac parameters for body size in the neonatal period. The aims of this study were to determine to what extent cardiac geometry is dependent on body size in term and preterm neonates with restricted or excessive fetal growth and how this is affected by adiposity.

Neonatal Arterial Morphology Is Related to Body Size in Abnormal Human Fetal Growth.

Background: Restriction in fetal growth is associated with cardiovascular disease in adulthood. It is unclear whether abnormal intrauterine growth influences arterial morphology during the fetal or neonatal stage. The objective was to study the regional arterial morphology with respect to gestational age and abnormal fetal body size.