Shek LP

Plasma lipidomic profiling reveals metabolic adaptations to pregnancy and signatures of cardiometabolic risk: a preconception and longitudinal cohort stud

Adaptations in lipid metabolism are essential to meet the physiological demands of pregnancy and any aberration may result in adverse outcomes for both mother and offspring. However, there is a lack of population-level studies to define the longitudinal changes of maternal circulating lipids from preconception to postpartum in relation to cardiometabolic risk factors.

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Longitudinal characterization of determinants associated with obesogenic growth patterns in early childhood

Keywords: Childhood obesity, mother–offspring cohort, growth trajectories, BMI z-score trajectories, group-based trajectory modelling, risk factors for childhood obesity

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