Adriëtte Oostvogels

Maternal characteristics and offspring’s cardiometabolic profile PhD thesis; Academic Medical Center – University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands ISBN: 978-94-6299-744-8 © Adriëtte Oostvogels, 2017 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the author or, when applicable, of the publishers of the scientific papers. Cover photo: Wido Heeman Cover design & Layout: Lize Jansen Printing: Ridderprint B.V. The studies presented in this thesis were conducted at the Department of Public Health of the Academic Medical Center – University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The research was part of the Amsterdam Born Children and their Development (ABCD) study. The research described in this thesis was funded by the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) under the prevention program (TOP), with grant agreement number 40-00812-98-11010.