Maternal obesity and attention-related symptoms in the preterm offspring.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternal pre-pregnancy obesity, in term-born children, is associated with an increased risk of attention problems, however this relationship has not been explored among children born extremely preterm.

Aim

To estimate the risk of attention problems at age 10years in children born very preterm to overweight (i.e., body mass index (BMI) 25-29kg/m²) and obese (i.e., BMI≥30kg/m²) women relative to the risk among children born to women who were neither overweight nor obese (i.e. BMI<25kg/m²).

Study design

Multi-center prospective cohort study.

Methods

A total of 764 children born before the 28th week of gestation and whose mother's pre-pregnancy height and pre-pregnancy weight were obtained at birth had an IQ≥70 at age 10y

SUBMITTER: van der Burg JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6082429 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature