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.

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.

Feasibility and precision of transcutaneous very-high resolution ultrasound for quantification of arterial structures in human neonates - comparison with conventional high resolution vascular ultrasound imaging.

Background: Non-invasive transcutaneous very-high resolution ultrasound (VHRU, 25-55 MHz) has recently been developed to quantify superficial vascular structures in humans. The performance of the method has yet not been evaluated in vivo in neonates. The aim of the study was to compare VHRU with conventional high-resolution ultrasound (HRU, 7-12 MHz), and to assess the feasibility and precision of VHRU in this population.