Maternal Prepregnancy Weight and Children's Behavioral and Emotional Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study investigated associations between maternal prepregnancy BMI and child behaviors at ages 9-11 years and examine interaction by race and gender.

Methods

The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and the Children and Young Adults surveys are U.S.-based, ongoing longitudinal studies, initiated in 1979 and 1986, respectively. Mothers (n=2,952) reported pregnancy and child (n=5,660) developmental information at multiple time points. Child total, internalizing, and externalizing problems at ages 9-11 years were assessed using the Behavior Problems Index (BPI), collected biennially until 2012. Associations between prepregnancy BMI and child BPI outcomes were examined, as well as two- and three-way interactions by race and gender. Analyses were conducted in 20

SUBMITTER: Deardorff J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5610087 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature