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.