Weight Trajectories After Delivery are Associated with Adiposity and Cardiometabolic Markers at 3 Years Postpartum Among Women in Project Viva.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postpartum weight trajectories and its implications on later cardiometabolic health are not entirely understood.

Objectives

Our objectives were: 1) to characterize maternal weight trajectories from 1 to 24 mo postpartum, 2) to determine the association of prepregnancy BMI, gestational weight gain (GWG), and pregnancy behaviors with the trajectories, and 3) to evaluate the association of weight trajectories with BMI, waist circumference (WC), lipid profile, glucose, insulin resistance, blood pressure, and inflammatory markers at 3 y postpartum.

Methods

We studied 1359 mothers from the prospective cohort Project Viva. Using weights at 1, 6, 12, and 24 mo postpartum, we characterized weight trajectories using a latent class growth model. For objectives 2 and 3

SUBMITTER: Soria-Contreras DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7330455 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature