The intrauterine environment during pregnancy is a critical factor in the development of diabetes and obesity in offspring. To determine the effects of maternal exercise during pregnancy on the metabolic health of offspring, 6-week-old C57BL/6 virgin female mice were fed a chow (21%) or high-fat (60%) diet and divided into four subgroups: trained (housed with running wheels for 2 weeks preconce...

We aimed to establish gestation age specific reference intervals for Doppler indices of fetal cardiac function from 12 to 40 weeks of pregnancy. In a cross-sectional observational study of singleton pregnancies, examinations were performed in 221 women evenly distributed across each week of pregnancy. Blood flow through the four cardiac valves was examined with Doppler. For the atrioventricular...

Objective To determine outcomes at age 3 years in babies born before 27 completed weeks’ gestation in 2006, and to evaluate changes in outcome since 1995 for babies born between 22 and 25 weeks’ gestation. Design Prospective national cohort studies, EPICure and EPICure 2. Setting Hospital and home based evaluations, England. Participants 1031 surviving babies born in 2006 before 27 completed we...

background: chlamydia trachomatis is the etiology of most of sexually transmitted diseases. colonization of c. trachomatis in the genital tract during early gestation has been associated with preterm birth, and preterm premature rupture of the membranes. the role of c. trachomatis on spontaneous abortion has not yet been proved completely. the aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of ...

objective(s): maternal high-fat diet has been shown to have deleterious effects on the offspring bones. however, there is no study to assess the effects of type and amount of maternal dietary oil in an isocaloric diet, with focus on extra virgin olive oil (evoo). the objective of the current study was to test the hypothesis that type of maternal dietary oil has more effects than its amount in a...

OBJECTIVE To determine outcomes at age 3 years in babies born before 27 completed weeks' gestation in 2006, and to evaluate changes in outcome since 1995 for babies born between 22 and 25 weeks' gestation. DESIGN Prospective national cohort studies, EPICure and EPICure 2. SETTING Hospital and home based evaluations, England. PARTICIPANTS 1031 surviving babies born in 2006 before 27 comple...

OBJECTIVE To determine the association of late preterm gestation (34-36 weeks' gestation) with underweight status in infancy. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Thirty-one primary care sites within a hospital-owned network, from January 1, 2007, through June 30, 2009. PARTICIPANTS Seven thousand eight hundred sixty-six infants with gestational ages ranging from 34 to 42 weeks, fol...

Data on the Red Angus, Angus and Hereford herds of Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, collected from 1968 to 1976, were analyzed for relationships among gestation length, birth weight, prenatal gain (birth weight adjusted for gestation length), growth traits and age at first calving. A total of 5,691 calf records, 1,783 listing gestation length, were included in the study. P...