Parental pre-pregnancy obesity and the risk of offspring weight and body mass index change from childhood to adulthood
The purpose of this study was to examine the association of parental pre-pregnancy weight and body mass index (BMI) on offspring weight and BMI change from childhood to adulthood. We analysed BMI data from a subsample of parents (n = 1494) from the Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy c...
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| author | Zalbahar @ Zabaha, Nurzalinda Najman, Jake McIntyre, David Harold Mamun, Abdullah |
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| description | The purpose of this study was to examine the association of parental pre-pregnancy weight and body mass index (BMI) on offspring weight and BMI change from childhood to adulthood. We analysed BMI data from a subsample of parents (n = 1494) from the Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy cohort that started in the early 1980s in Brisbane, Australia: data were collected at pre-pregnancy and then also for offspring at 5, 14 and 21-year follow-ups. Multiple regression for continuous outcomes and multinomial regression for categorical outcomes were performed. A total of 14.7% of offspring experienced BMI change from normal at 5 years to overweight or obese (OW/OB) at 14 years, 15.3% of normal at 14 years to OW/OB at 21 years and 22.8% from normal at 5 years to OW/OB at 21 years. Overall, the strength of the association of parental BMI with offspring BMI was stronger as offspring become older. Pre-pregnancy parental BMI differentially impacts offspring OW/OB across the life course. For every unit increase in paternal and maternal BMI z-score, offspring BMI z-score increased, on average, by between 0.15% (kg m-2 ) and 0.24% (kg m-2 ) throughout all three stages of life when both parents were OW/OB; these associations were stronger than with one parent. Parental pre-pregnancy BMI and OW/OB is a strong predictor of offspring weight and BMI change from early life to adulthood. |
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| spelling | upm-626462021-02-12T09:54:11Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62646/ Parental pre-pregnancy obesity and the risk of offspring weight and body mass index change from childhood to adulthood Zalbahar @ Zabaha, Nurzalinda Najman, Jake McIntyre, David Harold Mamun, Abdullah The purpose of this study was to examine the association of parental pre-pregnancy weight and body mass index (BMI) on offspring weight and BMI change from childhood to adulthood. We analysed BMI data from a subsample of parents (n = 1494) from the Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy cohort that started in the early 1980s in Brisbane, Australia: data were collected at pre-pregnancy and then also for offspring at 5, 14 and 21-year follow-ups. Multiple regression for continuous outcomes and multinomial regression for categorical outcomes were performed. A total of 14.7% of offspring experienced BMI change from normal at 5 years to overweight or obese (OW/OB) at 14 years, 15.3% of normal at 14 years to OW/OB at 21 years and 22.8% from normal at 5 years to OW/OB at 21 years. Overall, the strength of the association of parental BMI with offspring BMI was stronger as offspring become older. Pre-pregnancy parental BMI differentially impacts offspring OW/OB across the life course. For every unit increase in paternal and maternal BMI z-score, offspring BMI z-score increased, on average, by between 0.15% (kg m-2 ) and 0.24% (kg m-2 ) throughout all three stages of life when both parents were OW/OB; these associations were stronger than with one parent. Parental pre-pregnancy BMI and OW/OB is a strong predictor of offspring weight and BMI change from early life to adulthood. John Wiley and Sons 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62646/1/OBESITY.pdf Zalbahar @ Zabaha, Nurzalinda and Najman, Jake and McIntyre, David Harold and Mamun, Abdullah (2017) Parental pre-pregnancy obesity and the risk of offspring weight and body mass index change from childhood to adulthood. Clinical obesity, 7 (4). 206 - 215. ISSN 1758-8103; ESSN: 1758-8111 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cob.12200 10.1111/cob.12200 |
| spellingShingle | Zalbahar @ Zabaha, Nurzalinda Najman, Jake McIntyre, David Harold Mamun, Abdullah Parental pre-pregnancy obesity and the risk of offspring weight and body mass index change from childhood to adulthood |
| title | Parental pre-pregnancy obesity and the risk of offspring weight and body mass index change from childhood to adulthood |
| title_full | Parental pre-pregnancy obesity and the risk of offspring weight and body mass index change from childhood to adulthood |
| title_fullStr | Parental pre-pregnancy obesity and the risk of offspring weight and body mass index change from childhood to adulthood |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parental pre-pregnancy obesity and the risk of offspring weight and body mass index change from childhood to adulthood |
| title_short | Parental pre-pregnancy obesity and the risk of offspring weight and body mass index change from childhood to adulthood |
| title_sort | parental pre-pregnancy obesity and the risk of offspring weight and body mass index change from childhood to adulthood |
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