Cigarette smoking during pregnancy is associated with numerous obstetrical, fetal, and
developmental complications, as well as an increased risk of adverse health consequences …

The aims of this review are (a) to critically examine the epidemiologic evidence for a
possible association between smoking and the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS),(b) to …

Given the widely acknowledged inverse relationship between birth weight and blood
pressure, a raised blood pressure in the offspring of smoking mothers as compared to those …

Women with hypertensive pregnancy complications are at greater risk of developing
cardiovascular disease (CVD), metabolic diseases, stroke, and end-stage renal disease …

Adverse insults during intrauterine life can result in permanent changes in the physiology
and metabolism of the offspring, which in turn leads to an increased risk of disease in …

Epidemiological studies suggest that maternal cigarette smoking is associated with an
increased risk of elevated blood pressure (BP) in postnatal life. The present study tested the …

Abstract The European Society of Hypertension has recently published its recommendations
on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of high blood pressure in children and adolescents …

Prematurity, maternal smoking, and low birth weight each result in neuroendocrine
dysfunction and increased perinatal morbidity and mortality. Leptin, an adipocyte-secreted …

Prenatal programming of adult disease is well established in animals. In humans the impact
of common in utero exposures on long-term offspring health is less clear. We reviewed …

The search for genes of complex traits is aided by the availability of multiple quantitative
phenotypes collected in geographically isolated populations. Here we provide rationale for a …