Gestational age and newborn size according to parental social mobility: an intergenerational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We examined the associations between socioeconomic trajectories from birth to adulthood and gestational age and birth size in the next generation, using linked data from two population-based birth cohorts carried out in a Brazilian city. By comparing socioeconomic trajectories of mothers and fathers, we attempted to identify-specific effects of maternal and paternal socioeconomic trajectory on offspring birth weight, birth length, head circumference and gestational age at birth.

Methods

2 population-based birth cohort studies were carried out in 1982 and 2004 in Pelotas (Brazil); 156 mothers and 110 fathers from the earlier cohort had children in 2004. Gestational age and birth length, weight and head circumference were measured. Analyses were carried out separate

SUBMITTER: Gigante DP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4602273 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature