Associations of trimester-specific gestational weight gain with maternal adiposity and systolic blood pressure at 3 and 7 years postpartum.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Our objective was to examine the associations of total and trimester-specific gestational weight gain (GWG) rate with postpartum maternal weight and cardiometabolic risk. We hypothesized that first-trimester GWG would be most strongly associated with long-term maternal health.

Study design

We studied 801 women enrolled during the first trimester of pregnancy in the Boston-area Project Viva cohort 1999 through 2002. At 3 years postpartum we measured maternal weight, waist circumference (WC), and systolic blood pressure (SBP) and collected fasting blood from a subset. At 7 years postpartum we again measured weight and WC. We used multivariable linear regression to evaluate relations of total and trimester-specific GWG rate with weight change (vs self-reported prepreg

SUBMITTER: Walter JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4387018 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature