Abstract: Intrauterine environment, and especially a mismatch between the early and later-life environments, is thought to induce epigenetic and morphological changes that may manifest in later life as an increased vulnerability to non communicable diseases as diabetes. Prenatal events, such as intrauterine growth restriction, as well as an increased risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular alterations, have been shown to be associated with an increased intima-media thickness (aIMT) of the abdominal aorta in the fetus. To date its measure, has been...
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Topics: 
Obstetrics
Cardiology
Internal medicine