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The highlights of the fetal origin CHD are ;
The fetal origins hypothesis states that fetal undernutrition in middle to late gestation, which leads to disproportionate fetal growth, programmes later coronary heart disease. birth weights were at the lower end of the normal range, who were thin or short at birth, or who were small in relation to placental size have increased rates of coronary heart disease. The highest risk of coronary heart disease is seen among individuals who were born small .
Questions
Is there inverse associations between birth weight and risk of cardiovascular disease?
Ans ; yes there is a inversely relation between the weight at birth and CHD
Why there is CHD in the children's whose weight is low at birth?
The pattern growth in these children's seems to be thinness at birth and during early childhood followed by a rapid increase in body weight which is thought to b a factor for developing CHD