Associations of Fetal and Infant Weight Change With General, Visceral, and Organ Adiposity at School Age.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Both fetal and infant growth influence obesity later in life. The association of longitudinal fetal and infant growth patterns with organ fat is unknown.

Objective

To examine the associations of fetal and infant weight change with general, visceral, and organ adiposity at school age.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study was embedded in the Generation R Study, a population-based prospective cohort study in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Pregnant women with a delivery date between April 2002 and January 2006 were eligible to participate. Follow-up measurements were performed for 3205 children. Data analysis of this population was performed from July 26, 2018, to February 7, 2019.

Exposures

Fetal weight was estimated in the second and third

SUBMITTER: Vogelezang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6487630 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature