Associations between prepregnancy body mass index, gestational weight gain and weight catch-up in small-for-gestational-age children.

ABSTRACT: Inadequate gestational weight gain (GWG) was related with a higher incidence of small-for-gestational-age (SGA) births than appropriate GWG; however, the long-term association of maternal GWG with weight catch-up growth in SGA children remains unknown. The objective of this study is to evaluate the associations between prepregnancy body mass index (pBMI), GWG and weight catch-up patterns in SGA children. Data were from the Collaborative Perinatal Project, an American multicentre prospective cohort study. A total of 56,990 gravidas were recruited at the first prenatal visit, and children were followed up until school age. Maternal pBMI, GWG and physical growth of the offspring at birth, 4 months, 1 year, 4 years and 7 years old were recorded. The latent class analysis was employed to form w

SUBMITTER: Huang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8710114 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature