Associations of Pre-Pregnancy BMI, Gestational Weight Gain and Maternal Parity with the Trajectory of Weight in Early Childhood: A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association of maternal parity, pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) with childhood weight status has been well studied; however, little is known about these factors with respect to the rate of weight changes in early childhood.

Methods

This study was based on a prospective longitudinal study. The follow-up surveys were conducted at the ages of 1, 3, 6, 8, 12, and 18 months. Child weight was investigated twice at each wave. Data on maternal parity, pre-pregnancy weight and height were collected at baseline. The latent growth curve model was used to examine the effects of interested predictors on the trajectory of weight in early childhood.

Results

Finally, 893 eligible mother-child pairs were drawn from the cohort. In ad

SUBMITTER: Sha T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6480263 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature