The association of fetal growth rate and growth in first year of life with childhood overweight: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is an increasing focus on the first 1000 days from conception to two years of age as a period of importance for future weight. We aimed to describe the interaction between fetal and infant growth and their association with and ability to predict childhood overweight.

Methods

We used routinely collected fetal growth data from Aarhus University Hospital and child growth data from Aarhus Municipality, 2008-2018. The outcome was overweight at age 5-9 years. The fetal growth rates at weeks 28 and 34 were extracted from individual trajectories using mixed models. We identified patterns of infant BMI Z-score growth using latent class analysis and estimated odds ratios of overweight at age 5-9 years dependent on fetal and infant growth. Predictive capabilities were

SUBMITTER: Leth-Moller M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11584398 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature