Maternal CVD risk factors according to the delivery of a low
birth weight vs normal birth weight infant
Two studies reported on maternal CVD risk factors based on birthweight
of offspring11, 12 (table 1). Catov and colleagues
compared blood pressure, BMI, lipids, fasting blood glucose and fasting
insulin between women who gave birth to low birth weight vs normal
birthweight infants and reported significantly higher SBP and
significantly lower BMI among women who gave birth to LBW
infants11 (table 1). Lawlor and colleagues assessed
the relationship between birthweight of offspring and age adjusted BMI,
SBP, LDL, HDL and triglyceride levels in a cohort of 3265
women12. Their study demonstrated that for each
increase of 1kg in offspring birthweight, the logarithm of SBP decreased
by 1.79 and BMI increased by 0.7412 (table 1). The
results of the two studies reporting on maternal CVD risk factors based
on birthweight of offspring could not be included in the meta-analyses.