Low birth weight and cardiovascular risk factors at school age.

Many epidemiological studies show a strong association between nutritional status at birth and later chronic diseases, particularly cardiovascular diseases. These results seem to confirm fetal programming regarding risk factors and future diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and kidney dysfunction. The aim of the present study is to evaluate, in a group of low-birth-weight (LBW) newborns, the influence of nutritional...