Maternal cardiovascular health in early pregnancy and the risk of congenital heart defects in offspring

• Main Authors: Dan-wei Zhang (Author), Yi-bing Zhu (Author), Si-jia Zhou (Author), Xiu-hua Chen (Author), Hai-bo Li (Author), Wen-juan Liu (Author), Zheng-qin Wu (Author), Qiang Chen (Author), Hua Cao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the predominant birth defect. This study aimed to explore the association between maternal cardiovascular health (CVH) and the CHD risk in offspring. Methods We used the prospective data from the Fujian Birth Cohort Study, collected from March 20...