Is gestational weight gain associated with offspring obesity at 36 months?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We examined the association between gestational weight gain (GWG) and offspring obesity at age 36 months.

Methods

Mother-infant dyads (n = 609) were followed from a first study visit (mean [standard deviation]: 18.8 [2.7] weeks gestation) to 36 months postpartum. Total GWG over the entire pregnancy was defined as excessive or non-excessive according to the 2009 Institute of Medicine guidelines. Four mutually exclusive categories of excessive or non-excessive GWG across early (conception to first study visit) and late (first study visit to delivery) pregnancy defined GWG pattern. Body mass index (BMI) z-scores ≥95th percentile of the 2000 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) references defined offspring obesity at 36 months. Multivariable log-binomial models adjusted f

SUBMITTER: Diesel JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4379119 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature