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Maternal and Early Childhood Risk Factors for Overweight and Obesity among Low-Income Predominantly Black Children at Age Five Years : A Prospective Cohort Study
Joint Authors
Mahmood, Bushra
Islam, M. Aminul
Goldenberg, Robert L.
Janjua, Naveed Zafar
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-09-29
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
To identify maternal and early childhood risk factors for obesity and overweight among children at age 5 in the state of Alabama.
Methods.
We recruited 740 mothers during early pregnancy from University of Alabama Prenatal Clinics in a prospective cohort study and followed them throughout pregnancy.
We followed their children from birth until 5 years of age.
The main outcome measure was obesity (BMI for age and sex ≥ 95th percentile) at 5 years of age.
We used poisson regression with robust variance estimation to compute risk ratio (RR).
Results.
At the 5th year of followup, 71 (9.6%) of the children were obese and 85 (11.5%) were overweight (BMI ≥ 85th–<95th percentile).
In multivariable analysis, maternal prepregnancy overweight (RR: 2.30, 95% CI: 1.29–4.11) and obesity (RR: 2.53, 95% CI: 1.49–4.31), and child's birth weight >85th percentile (RR: 2.04, 95% CI: 1.13–3.68) were associated with childhood obesity.
Maternal prepregnancy BMI, birth weight, and maternal smoking were associated with the child being overweight 1–12 cigarettes/day versus 0 cigarettes/day (RR: 1.40, 95% CI: 1.02–1.91).
Conclusion.
Children of overweight and obese mothers, and children with higher birth weight, are more likely to be obese and overweight at age 5.
Maternal smoking 1–12 cigarettes per day is associated with the child being overweight.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Janjua, Naveed Zafar& Mahmood, Bushra& Islam, M. Aminul& Goldenberg, Robert L.. 2012. Maternal and Early Childhood Risk Factors for Overweight and Obesity among Low-Income Predominantly Black Children at Age Five Years : A Prospective Cohort Study. Journal of Obesity،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-473019
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Janjua, Naveed Zafar…[et al.]. Maternal and Early Childhood Risk Factors for Overweight and Obesity among Low-Income Predominantly Black Children at Age Five Years : A Prospective Cohort Study. Journal of Obesity No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-473019
American Medical Association (AMA)
Janjua, Naveed Zafar& Mahmood, Bushra& Islam, M. Aminul& Goldenberg, Robert L.. Maternal and Early Childhood Risk Factors for Overweight and Obesity among Low-Income Predominantly Black Children at Age Five Years : A Prospective Cohort Study. Journal of Obesity. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-473019
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-473019