Gestational Weight Gain and Long-term Maternal Obesity Risk: A Multiple-Bias Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lifecourse research provides an important framework for chronic disease epidemiology. However, data collection to observe health characteristics over long periods is vulnerable to systematic error and statistical bias. We present a multiple-bias analysis using real-world data to estimate associations between excessive gestational weight gain and mid-life obesity, accounting for confounding, selection, and misclassification biases.

Methods

Participants were from the multiethnic Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. Obesity was defined by waist circumference measured in 1996-1997 when women were age 42-53. Gestational weight gain was measured retrospectively by self-recall and was missing for over 40% of participants. We estimated relative risk (RR) and 95% con

SUBMITTER: Hutchins F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7855686 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature