Maternal Cardiovascular Health During Pregnancy and Offspring Developmental Delay - PubMed
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- Maternal cardiovascular health (CVH) during pregnancy, assessed using Life's Essential 8 metrics, was associated with offspring developmental delay at age 4 years.
- In a cohort study of 8,238 mother-offspring pairs in Japan, moderate (RR 1.30) and low (RR 1.62) maternal CVH were linked to higher risk of total developmental delay compared to high CVH.
- Low maternal CVH was associated with increased prevalence of delay across all developmental domains, with the personal-social domain showing the largest effect size (RR 2.23).
- Better maternal CVH during pregnancy correlated with a lower risk of developmental delay, suggesting maternal health may influence offspring development via intrauterine environment.