Background: Many studies in humans have related birth weight to lipid profiles in adulthood.
Fewer have estimated associations directly attributable to maternal nutrition during
pregnancy. Objective: Our objective was to determine whether famine exposure during
gestation is associated with a more atherogenic profile in adult offspring. Design: In 2003–
2005, we studied 1) 359 singleton men and women born between January 1945 and March
1946 in clinics in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Leiden whose mothers were exposed to the …