Association between cesarean delivery types and obesity in preadolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

The association between mode of delivery and childhood obesity remains inconclusive. Because few studies have separated C-section types (planned or unplanned C-section), our objective was to assess how these subtypes relate to preadolescent obesity.

Subjects/methods

The study consisted of 570 maternal-child pairs drawn from the WHEALS birth cohort based in Detroit, Michigan. Children were followed-up at 10 years of age where a variety of anthropometric measurements were collected. Obesity was defined based on BMI percentile (≥95th percentile), as well as through Gaussian finite mixture modeling on the anthropometric measurements. Risk ratios (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for obesity comparing planned and unplanned C-sections to vaginal delive

SUBMITTER: Sitarik AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7530127 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature