Association of Fetal Growth Retardation with Postnatal Osteoprotegerin Concentrations and Aortic Intima–Media Thickness
We report significantly increased concentrations of OPG in infants with FGR and a positive correlation with aIMT. Follow-up studies with repeat OPG and aIMT measurements may be indicated to evaluate whether these findings represent a permanent effect of FGR on the offspring.
Authors
- Dionysios Chrysis
- Sotirios Fouzas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7617-9076)
- Xenophon Sinopidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0878-0668)
- Alexandra Efthymiadou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1554-3011)
- Ageliki Karatza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5649-9021)
- Dimitra Kritikou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0521-8693)
- Nikolaos Antonakopoulos
- Eirini Kostopoulou
- Gabriel Dimitriou
Institutions
- University of Patras (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Diseases
- Published
- 2026-03-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/diseases14030100
- Primary Topic
- Bone Metabolism and Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00