The impact of maternal gestational weight gain on cardiometabolic risk factors in children.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/hypothesis

Accumulating evidence suggests an impact of gestational weight gain (GWG) on pregnancy outcomes; however, data on cardiometabolic risk factors later in life have not been comprehensively studied. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between GWG and cardiometabolic risk in offspring aged 7 years.

Methods

We included a total of 905 mother-child pairs who enrolled in the follow-up visit of the multicentre Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome study, at the Hong Kong Centre. Women were classified as having gained weight below, within or exceeding the 2009 Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines. A standardised GWG according to pre-pregnancy BMI categories was calculated to explore for any quadratic relationship.

Results

Independent of pre-pre

SUBMITTER: Tam CHT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6223878 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature