Why the study?
Does giving birth to a small for gestational age (SGA) infant increase maternal risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD)?
Does giving birth to a small for gestational age (SGA) infant increase maternal risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD)?
Delivering a small for gestational age infant is a potential long-term risk factor for maternal ischemic heart disease.
Should not yet change practice; hypothesis-generating for SGA history in maternal IHD risk assessment.
Giving birth to a SGA infant is strongly and independently associated with IHD and a potential risk factor that precedes IHD by decades. A pregnancy that produces a SGA infant may induce long-term cardiovascular changes that increase risk for IHD.
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