Adverse birth outcomes and childhood overweight at age of 3–8 years in a prospective cohort study in Tianjin, China

ObjectivesTo explore associations between adverse birth outcomes and childhood overweight at 3–8 years of age.DesignA prospective cohort study.SettingSix central urban districts of Tianjin, China.Participants1681 woman–child pairs.Methods1681 woman–child pairs were followed up for 8 years in Tianjin...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ open 2024-03, Vol.14 (3), p.e076438-e076438
Hauptverfasser: Zhang, Rui, Gao, Ming, Li, Weiqin, Liu, Hongyan, Wang, Shuting, Wang, Hui, Li, Ninghua, Li, Jing, Yu, Zhijie, Hu, Gang, Leng, Junhong, Yang, Xilin
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Zusammenfassung:ObjectivesTo explore associations between adverse birth outcomes and childhood overweight at 3–8 years of age.DesignA prospective cohort study.SettingSix central urban districts of Tianjin, China.Participants1681 woman–child pairs.Methods1681 woman–child pairs were followed up for 8 years in Tianjin, China. Demographic and clinical information including birth outcomes was collected longitudinally, commencing from first antenatal care visit till postpartum period. Offspring height and weight were measured at 3–8 years of age. High and low weight/length ratios (WLR) at birth were, respectively, defined as ≥90th and ≤10th gestational week and sex-specific percentiles. Overweight for children at 3–5 and 6–8 years of age were, respectively, defined as body mass index (BMI)-for-age and -sex above the 2 z-score and 1 z-score curves of the WHO’s child growth standards. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to obtain ORs and 95% CI with a stepwise backward selection method to select independent predictors.Primary outcomes measuresChildhood overweight.ResultsOf 1681 children, 10.7% (n=179) and 27.8% (n=468) developed overweight at 3–5 and 6–8 years of age, respectively. Large for gestational age (LGA) was associated with increased risk of overweight at 3–5 years of age (aOR: 1.86, 95% CI: 1.27 to 2.72) while high WLR at birth was associated with increased risk of overweight at 6–8 years of age (1.82, 1.41 to 2.34). Low WLR at birth was associated with decreased risk of overweight at 6–8 years of age (0.52, 0.30 to 0.90).ConclusionsLGA and high WLR at birth predicted childhood overweight at 3–5 and 6–8 years of age, respectively. Low WLR at birth was associated with decreased risk of childhood overweight at 6–8 years of age.
ISSN:2044-6055
2044-6055
DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076438