Maternal smoking in pregnancy association with childhood adiposity and blood pressure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternal smoking during pregnancy has been associated with increased risk of childhood overweight/obesity defined by body mass index (BMI). We examined its association with a range of adiposity measures and cardiovascular indicators in children aged 3-10 years.

Methods

We used data from a cross-sectional study of schoolchildren across mainland Portuguese districts (2009-2010). We applied quantile regressions to examine maternal smoking associations with adiposity (n = 17 286), blood pressure (BP) and resting pulse rate (RPR) (n ≈ 2500) measures across the age range, adjusting for prenatal and early life factors.

Results

Maternal smoking during pregnancy was associated with increases in offspring adiposity levels. The difference in median BMI between childre

SUBMITTER: Li L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4949567 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature