In Utero Exposure to Preeclampsia and Cardiometabolic Risk: A Review of Literature

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Preeclampsia is a hypertensive disorder that occurs during pregnancy, affecting 3-5% of pregnancies globally and

is an independent cardiovascular risk factor for the mother, and recent studies reveal that offspring of affected

pregnancies may also have an increased risk for developing cardiovascular diseases (Karrar and Hong, 2022). This

is referred to as foetal programming and is said to be related to several factors (Davies et al., 2017). Therefore, this

study focuses on the cardiometabolic risks endured by offspring of preeclamptic pregnancies