Impact of maternal age and body mass index on the structure and function of the heart in newborns: a Copenhagen Baby Heart Study

Abstract Background Maternal obesity and advanced age have been associated with an increased risk of structural congenital heart defects in the offspring. Whether these factors may also cause abnormalities in infant cardiac dimension and function is unknown. This study investigates whether maternal...

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Main Authors:	Mette Marie Olsen Nørregaard, Saima Basit, Anne-Sophie Sillesen, Anna Axelsson Raja, Finn Stener Jørgensen, Kasper Karmark Iversen, Henning Bundgaard, Heather Allison Boyd, Ruth Ottilia Birgitta Vøgg
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	BMC 2023-12-01
Series:	BMC Medicine
Subjects:	Newborn heart Maternal factors Body mass index Maternal age Echocardiography
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-03207-9
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