Analysis of Maternal Prenatal Weight and Offspring Cognition and Behavior: Results From the Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT) Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Prenatal experiences can influence fetal brain development.

Objective

To examine associations of maternal prenatal body mass index (BMI) with cognition and behavior of offspring born full-term.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study examined follow-up data from a breastfeeding promotion intervention at 31 hospitals and affiliated polyclinics in the Republic of Belarus. Participants included 11 276 children who were evaluated from birth (1996-1997) to adolescence (2017-2019), with maternal BMI information available in prenatal medical records.

Exposures

Maternal BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared, after 35 weeks gestation; secondary analyses examined maternal BMI at other time points and paternal BM

SUBMITTER: Oken E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8377565 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature