Childhood growth outcomes 2 years after hypertensive versus normotensive pregnancy: a P4 study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intrauterine exposure to hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including gestational hypertension (GH) and preeclampsia (PE), may influence infant growth and have long-term health implications. This study aimed to compare growth outcomes of infants exposed to a normotensive pregnancy (NTP), GH, or PE from birth to 2 years.

Methods

Infants were children of women enroled in the prospective Postpartum Physiology, Psychology and Paediatric (P4) cohort study who had NTP, GH or PE. Birth, 6-month (age-corrected) and 2-year (age-corrected) weight z-scores, change in weight z-scores, rapid weight gain (≥0.67 increase in weight z-score) and conditional weight gain z-scores were calculated to assess infant growth (NTP = 240, GH = 19, PE = 66).

Results

Infants exposed

SUBMITTER: Gow ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10798880 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature