From life history theory to clinical practice: potential markers of fast life strategy
https://doi.org/10.15829/1728-8800-2024-4198
EDN: TKQNOF
Abstract
Currently, there is increasing evidence that early human development mediates the risk of early cardiometabolic diseases and their risk factors in adulthood. This publication considers potential markers of the so-called fast life strategy — a life cycle characterized by a high disease risk, as well as the conditions leading to the formation of such a strategy. In the future, they may allow stratifying groups at high risk of premature death from cardiovascular and metabolic diseases in routine clinical practice and conducting their early prevention.
About the Authors
O. T. Kim
National Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Moscow
O. M. Drapkina
National Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Moscow
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What is already known about the subject?
- The human life history strategy is shaped by a number of external and internal factors. A predictable and resource-rich environment shapes a slow strategy, characterized by a long period of growth and development, better health, and a longer life expectancy. A harsh and unpredictable environment shapes a fast life strategy with a short period of growth and development, worse health, and a shorter life expectancy.
What might this study add?
- A large body of evidence suggests that low birth weight, catch-up growth, early adipocyte rebound, precocious puberty, and early menopause are markers of increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases in adulthood.
- These markers may indicate a fast life strategy, which prioritizes early reproduction at the expense of maximizing growth, development, and maintenance.
- Characteristics of a fast life strategy can be used as prognostic markers in clinical practice for stratification of risk groups for early onset of cardiometabolic diseases and implementation of timely preventive measures.
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Kim O.T., Drapkina O.M. From life history theory to clinical practice: potential markers of fast life strategy. Cardiovascular Therapy and Prevention. 2024;23(12):4198. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15829/1728-8800-2024-4198. EDN: TKQNOF
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