Maternal prepregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain on offspring overweight in early infancy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association of maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) with anthropometry in the offspring from birth to 12 months old in Tianjin, China.

Methods

Between 2009 and 2011, health care records of 38,539 pregnant women had been collected, and their children had been measured body weight and length at birth, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months of age. The independent and joint associations of pre-pregnancy BMI and GWG based on the Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines with anthropometry in the offspring were examined using General Linear Model and Logistic Regression.

Results

Prepregnancy BMI and maternal GWG were positively associated with Z-scores for birth weight-for-gestational age, birt

SUBMITTER: Li N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3817352 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature