International Journal of Nutrition
Open Access
Impact of Low Birth Weight on Early Vascular Aging and Cardiometabolic Phenotypes in Later Life Among Cameroonian Adults
Jul 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-20-3463
Daniel LemogoumCorresponding author
Background Evidence suggests that low birth weight (LBW) is associated with increased cardiovascular and metabolic risk in adulthood, including increased arterial stiffness, a marker of early vascular aging (EVA) assessable by pulse wave velocity (PWV), obesity and glucose homeostasis abnormalities.…