Newborn body composition after maternal bariatric surgery.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:In pregnancy after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), there is increased risk of low birthweight in the offspring. The present study examined how offspring body composition was affected by RYGB. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Mother-newborn dyads, where the mothers had undergone RYGB were included. Main outcome measure was neonatal body composition. Neonatal body composition was assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scanning (DXA) within 48 hours after birth. In a statistical model offspring born after RYGB were compared with a reference material of offspring and analyses were made to estimate the effect of maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), gestational weight gain, parity, gestational age at birth and newborn sex on newborn body composition. Analyses were made to estima

SUBMITTER: Carlsen EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7219732 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature