Prenatal exposure to ambient air pollution and traffic and indicators of adiposity in early childhood: the Healthy Start study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prenatal exposure to ambient air pollution and traffic have been related to a lower birth weight and may be associated with greater adiposity in childhood. We aimed to examine associations of maternal exposure to ambient air pollution and traffic during pregnancy with indicators of adiposity in early childhood.

Methods

We included 738 participants of the Colorado-based Healthy Start study whose height, weight, waist circumference and/or fat mass were measured at age 4-6 years. We estimated residential exposure to ambient concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) and ozone (O₃) averaged by trimester and throughout pregnancy via inverse distance-weighted interpolation of central site monitoring data. We assessed the distance to the near

SUBMITTER: Bloemsma LD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9269985 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature