Abstract
Fetal programming addresses the health impact of exposures in fetal life on diseases that occur later, often much later, in life. Often we delay our observation time until these adult diseases start producing symptoms. Even when studying childhood diseases like Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), we cannot start calculating incidence rates before the children reach a certain age, e.g., 5 years.
Citation
Olsen J. Fetal Programming and Conditioning on Birth in Follow-Up Studies. SM J Gynecol Obstet. 2017; 3(1): 1016.