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Gestational weight gain and the risk of offspring obesity at 10 and 16 years: a prospective cohort study in low-income women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To study the association between gestational weight gain (GWG) and offspring obesity risk at ages chosen to approximate prepuberty (10 years) and postpuberty (16 years).

Design

Prospective pregnancy cohort.

Setting

Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Sample

Low-income pregnant women (n = 514) receiving prenatal care at an obstetric residency clinic and their singleton offspring.

Methods

Gestational weight gain was classified based on maternal GWG-for-gestational-age Z-score charts and was modelled using flexible spline terms in modified multivariable Poisson regression models.

Main outcome measures

Obesity at 10 or 16 years, defined as body mass index (BMI) Z-scores ≥95th centile of the 2000 CDC references, based on measured height and weight.

Results

The prevalence of offspring obesity was 20% at 10 years and 22% at 16 years. In the overall sample, the risk of offspring obesity at 10 and 16 years increased when GWG exceeded a GWG Z-score of 0 SD (equivalent to 30 kg at 40 weeks); but for gains below a Z-score of 0 SD there was no relationship with child obesity risk. The association between GWG and offspring obesity varied by prepregnancy BMI. Among mothers with a pregravid BMI <25 kg/m(2) , the risk of offspring obesity increased when GWG Z-score exceeded 0 SD, yet among overweight women (BMI ≥25 kg/m(2) ), there was no association between GWG Z-scores and offspring obesity risk.

Conclusions

Among lean women, higher GWG may have lasting effects on offspring obesity risk.

SUBMITTER: Diesel JC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4565617 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Gestational weight gain and the risk of offspring obesity at 10 and 16 years: a prospective cohort study in low-income women.

Diesel J C JC Eckhardt C L CL Day N L NL Brooks M M MM Arslanian S A SA Bodnar L M LM

BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology 20150529 10

<h4>Objective</h4>To study the association between gestational weight gain (GWG) and offspring obesity risk at ages chosen to approximate prepuberty (10 years) and postpuberty (16 years).<h4>Design</h4>Prospective pregnancy cohort.<h4>Setting</h4>Pittsburgh, PA, USA.<h4>Sample</h4>Low-income pregnant women (n = 514) receiving prenatal care at an obstetric residency clinic and their singleton offspring.<h4>Methods</h4>Gestational weight gain was classified based on maternal GWG-for-gestational-ag ...[more]

PMID: 26032698

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Project description:ObjectiveTo assess offspring attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and emotional/behavioural impairments at age 10 years in relation to maternal gestational weight gain (GWG) and prepregnancy body mass index (BMI).Design and settingLongitudinal birth cohort from Magee-Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (enrolled 1983-86).PopulationMother-infant dyads (n = 511) were followed through pregnancy to 10 years.MethodsSelf-reported total GWG was converted to gestational-age-standardised z-scores. Multivariable linear and negative binomial regressions were used to estimate effects of GWG and BMI on outcomes.Main outcome measuresChild ADHD symptoms were assessed with the Conners' Continuous Performance Test. Child behaviour was assessed by parent and teacher ratings on the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) and Teacher Report Form, respectively.ResultsThe mean (SD) total GWG (kg) was 14.5 (5.9), and 10% of women had a pregravid BMI ≥30 kg/m2 . Prepregnancy obesity (BMI of 30 kg/m2 ) was associated with increased offspring problem behaviours including internalising behaviours (adjusted β 3.3 points, 95% CI 1.7-4.9), externalising behaviours (adjusted β 2.9 points, 95% CI 1.4-4.6), and attention problems (adjusted β 2.3 points, 95% CI 1.1-3.4) on the CBCL, compared with normal weight mothers (BMI of 22 kg/m2 ). There were nonsignificant trends towards increased offspring impulsivity with low GWG among lean mothers (adjusted incidence rate ratio 1.2, 95% CI 0.9-1.5) and high GWG among overweight mothers (adjusted incidence rate ratio 1.7, 95% CI 0.9-2.8), but additional outcomes did not differ by GWG z-score. Results were not meaningfully different after excluding high-substance users.ConclusionsIn a low-income and high-risk sample, we observed a small increase in child behaviour problems among children of obese mothers, which could have an impact on child behaviour in the population.Tweetable abstractMaternal obesity is associated with a small increase in child behaviour problems.

Dataset Information

Gestational weight gain and the risk of offspring obesity at 10 and 16 years: a prospective cohort study in low-income women.

Objective

Design

Setting

Sample

Methods

Main outcome measures

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Gestational weight gain and the risk of offspring obesity at 10 and 16 years: a prospective cohort study in low-income women.

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