Comparison of associations of maternal peri-pregnancy and paternal anthropometrics with child anthropometrics from birth through age 7 y assessed in the Danish National Birth Cohort

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Comparison of associations of maternal peri-pregnancy and paternal anthropometrics with child anthropometrics from birth through age 7 y assessed in the Danish National Birth Cohort. / Sorensen, Thorkild I. A.; Ajslev, Teresa Adeltoft; Angquist, Lars; Morgen, Camilla Schmidt; Ciuchi, Ioana Gabriela; Smith, George Davey.

In: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 104, No. 2, 01.08.2016, p. 389-396.

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Sorensen, TIA, Ajslev, TA, Angquist, L, Morgen, CS, Ciuchi, IG & Smith, GD 2016, 'Comparison of associations of maternal peri-pregnancy and paternal anthropometrics with child anthropometrics from birth through age 7 y assessed in the Danish National Birth Cohort', The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 104, no. 2, pp. 389-396. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.115.129171

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Sorensen, T. I. A., Ajslev, T. A., Angquist, L., Morgen, C. S., Ciuchi, I. G., & Smith, G. D. (2016). Comparison of associations of maternal peri-pregnancy and paternal anthropometrics with child anthropometrics from birth through age 7 y assessed in the Danish National Birth Cohort. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 104(2), 389-396. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.115.129171

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Sorensen TIA, Ajslev TA, Angquist L, Morgen CS, Ciuchi IG, Smith GD. Comparison of associations of maternal peri-pregnancy and paternal anthropometrics with child anthropometrics from birth through age 7 y assessed in the Danish National Birth Cohort. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2016 Aug 1;104(2):389-396. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.115.129171

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Sorensen, Thorkild I. A. ; Ajslev, Teresa Adeltoft ; Angquist, Lars ; Morgen, Camilla Schmidt ; Ciuchi, Ioana Gabriela ; Smith, George Davey. / Comparison of associations of maternal peri-pregnancy and paternal anthropometrics with child anthropometrics from birth through age 7 y assessed in the Danish National Birth Cohort. In: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2016 ; Vol. 104, No. 2. pp. 389-396.

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title = "Comparison of associations of maternal peri-pregnancy and paternal anthropometrics with child anthropometrics from birth through age 7 y assessed in the Danish National Birth Cohort",
abstract = "ABSTRACTBackground: Maternal prepregnancy adiposity may influence childadiposity beyond the transmitted genetic effects, which, if true, mayaccelerate the obesity epidemic, but the evidence for this mechanismis inconsistent.Objective: The aim was to assess whether the associations of maternalbody mass index (BMI) with child anthropometric measurements from birththrough infancy and at 7 y of age exceed those of paternal associations.Design: In the Danish National Birth Cohort, information on parentaland child anthropometric measures is available for 30,655 triofamilies from maternal interviews during pregnancy and the postpartumperiod and from a 7-y follow-up. By using multiple linearand logistic regression models of child SD (z) scores of weight andBMI at birth, 5 mo, 12 mo, and 7 y of age, and of child overweight atage 7 y, we compared associations with maternal prepregnancy andpostpartum BMI z scores and with paternal BMI z scores.Results: When comparing maternal-child and paternal-child BMI zscore associations, the strongest associations were observed withmothers{\textquoteright} BMI at birth [maternal and paternal BMI z scores: 0.143(95% CI: 0.130, 0.155) and 0.017 (95% CI: 0.005, 0.029), respectively]and throughout infancy, but the relative difference in the associationsdeclined by child age [for BMI z score at child age 7 y per maternaland paternal BMI z scores: 0.208 (95% CI: 0.196, 0.220) and 0.154(95% CI: 0.143, 0.166), respectively]. At 7 y of age, ORs of childoverweight were 2.30 (95% CI: 1.99, 2.67) by maternal overweightand 1.96 (95% CI: 1.74, 2.21) by paternal overweight. There were nodifferences between the results based on maternal BMI before andafter pregnancy or on child{\textquoteright}s weight adjusted for length or height.Conclusions: The associations of child weight and BMI with maternalBMI were stronger than with paternal BMI. The differencesbetween the associations were strong at birth but declined with childaging.",
keywords = "intrauterine environment, intergenerational relations, parental BMI, parental overweight, child anthropometry, childhood overweight, maternal effects",
author = "Sorensen, {Thorkild I. A.} and Ajslev, {Teresa Adeltoft} and Lars Angquist and Morgen, {Camilla Schmidt} and Ciuchi, {Ioana Gabriela} and Smith, {George Davey}",
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T1 - Comparison of associations of maternal peri-pregnancy and paternal anthropometrics with child anthropometrics from birth through age 7 y assessed in the Danish National Birth Cohort

AU - Sorensen, Thorkild I. A.

AU - Ajslev, Teresa Adeltoft

AU - Angquist, Lars

AU - Morgen, Camilla Schmidt

AU - Ciuchi, Ioana Gabriela

AU - Smith, George Davey

PY - 2016/8/1

Y1 - 2016/8/1

N2 - ABSTRACTBackground: Maternal prepregnancy adiposity may influence childadiposity beyond the transmitted genetic effects, which, if true, mayaccelerate the obesity epidemic, but the evidence for this mechanismis inconsistent.Objective: The aim was to assess whether the associations of maternalbody mass index (BMI) with child anthropometric measurements from birththrough infancy and at 7 y of age exceed those of paternal associations.Design: In the Danish National Birth Cohort, information on parentaland child anthropometric measures is available for 30,655 triofamilies from maternal interviews during pregnancy and the postpartumperiod and from a 7-y follow-up. By using multiple linearand logistic regression models of child SD (z) scores of weight andBMI at birth, 5 mo, 12 mo, and 7 y of age, and of child overweight atage 7 y, we compared associations with maternal prepregnancy andpostpartum BMI z scores and with paternal BMI z scores.Results: When comparing maternal-child and paternal-child BMI zscore associations, the strongest associations were observed withmothers’ BMI at birth [maternal and paternal BMI z scores: 0.143(95% CI: 0.130, 0.155) and 0.017 (95% CI: 0.005, 0.029), respectively]and throughout infancy, but the relative difference in the associationsdeclined by child age [for BMI z score at child age 7 y per maternaland paternal BMI z scores: 0.208 (95% CI: 0.196, 0.220) and 0.154(95% CI: 0.143, 0.166), respectively]. At 7 y of age, ORs of childoverweight were 2.30 (95% CI: 1.99, 2.67) by maternal overweightand 1.96 (95% CI: 1.74, 2.21) by paternal overweight. There were nodifferences between the results based on maternal BMI before andafter pregnancy or on child’s weight adjusted for length or height.Conclusions: The associations of child weight and BMI with maternalBMI were stronger than with paternal BMI. The differencesbetween the associations were strong at birth but declined with childaging.

AB - ABSTRACTBackground: Maternal prepregnancy adiposity may influence childadiposity beyond the transmitted genetic effects, which, if true, mayaccelerate the obesity epidemic, but the evidence for this mechanismis inconsistent.Objective: The aim was to assess whether the associations of maternalbody mass index (BMI) with child anthropometric measurements from birththrough infancy and at 7 y of age exceed those of paternal associations.Design: In the Danish National Birth Cohort, information on parentaland child anthropometric measures is available for 30,655 triofamilies from maternal interviews during pregnancy and the postpartumperiod and from a 7-y follow-up. By using multiple linearand logistic regression models of child SD (z) scores of weight andBMI at birth, 5 mo, 12 mo, and 7 y of age, and of child overweight atage 7 y, we compared associations with maternal prepregnancy andpostpartum BMI z scores and with paternal BMI z scores.Results: When comparing maternal-child and paternal-child BMI zscore associations, the strongest associations were observed withmothers’ BMI at birth [maternal and paternal BMI z scores: 0.143(95% CI: 0.130, 0.155) and 0.017 (95% CI: 0.005, 0.029), respectively]and throughout infancy, but the relative difference in the associationsdeclined by child age [for BMI z score at child age 7 y per maternaland paternal BMI z scores: 0.208 (95% CI: 0.196, 0.220) and 0.154(95% CI: 0.143, 0.166), respectively]. At 7 y of age, ORs of childoverweight were 2.30 (95% CI: 1.99, 2.67) by maternal overweightand 1.96 (95% CI: 1.74, 2.21) by paternal overweight. There were nodifferences between the results based on maternal BMI before andafter pregnancy or on child’s weight adjusted for length or height.Conclusions: The associations of child weight and BMI with maternalBMI were stronger than with paternal BMI. The differencesbetween the associations were strong at birth but declined with childaging.

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KW - intergenerational relations

KW - parental BMI

KW - parental overweight

KW - child anthropometry

KW - childhood overweight

KW - maternal effects

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