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Maternal Distress during Pregnancy and Offspring Childhood Overweight
Joint Authors
Pedersen, Pernille
Sørensen, Thorkild I. A.
Ajslev, Teresa Adeltoft
Nohr, Ellen Aagaard
Schou Andersen, Camilla
Ingstrup, Katja Glejsted
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-05-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Maternal distress during pregnancy increases the intrauterine level of glucocorticoids, which may have long-term health consequences for the child.
Objective.
To examine if distress as a combined measure of anxiety, depression, and stress of the mother during pregnancy was associated with offspring childhood overweight at age 7.
Methods.
We performed a cohort study using prospective data from 37,764 women and child dyads from the Danish National Birth Cohort (1996–2002).
At a telephone interview at approximately 30 weeks gestation, the women reported whether they felt anxious, depressed, or stressed.
The 95 percentile for body mass index in an international reference defined childhood overweight at any given age.
Logistic regression was used for the analyses.
Results.
The prevalence of overweight children at 7 years of age was 9.9%.
Prenatal exposure to maternal distress during pregnancy was not associated with childhood overweight at 7 years of age (adjusted OR 1.06 (95% CI 0.96; 1.18)).
In analyses stratified on sex, a small tendency of overweight was seen in boys (OR 1.15 (0.99; 1.33)), but not in girls (OR 0.98 (0.85; 1.13)).
Conclusions.
Maternal distress during pregnancy appeared to have limited, if any, influence on the risk of overweight in offspring at 7 years of age.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ingstrup, Katja Glejsted& Schou Andersen, Camilla& Ajslev, Teresa Adeltoft& Pedersen, Pernille& Sørensen, Thorkild I. A.& Nohr, Ellen Aagaard. 2012. Maternal Distress during Pregnancy and Offspring Childhood Overweight. Journal of Obesity،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ingstrup, Katja Glejsted…[et al.]. Maternal Distress during Pregnancy and Offspring Childhood Overweight. Journal of Obesity No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Ingstrup, Katja Glejsted& Schou Andersen, Camilla& Ajslev, Teresa Adeltoft& Pedersen, Pernille& Sørensen, Thorkild I. A.& Nohr, Ellen Aagaard. Maternal Distress during Pregnancy and Offspring Childhood Overweight. Journal of Obesity. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-473509