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The study by Bassareo et al. found that asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) levels in young adults who had been born preterm differed significantly from term-born controls and were related to gestational age and birth weight; the authors concluded that these alterations “may underlie the onset of early circulatory dysfunction predictive of increased cardiovascular risk,” indicating that ADMA levels could indeed serve as an early marker of endothelial dysfunction in this population [Bassareo, 2012, PMID 21420186].