Frontiers in Pediatrics

Prenatal factors shaping adolescent cardiovascular function and cardiometabolic risk trajectories

Systematic review of observational studiesPopulations

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of mortality worldwide, with early risk markers, including elevated blood pressure, arterial stiffness, and adverse lipid profiles, often emerging during adolescence.

The paper

University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 14 Sep 2026, CC BY

doi.org/10.3389/fped.2026.1933223PubMed 42807662