Do changing levels of maternal exercise during pregnancy affect neonatal adiposity? Secondary analysis of the babies after SCOPE: evaluating the longitudinal impact using neurological and nutritional endpoints (BASELINE) birth cohort (Cork, Ireland)

ObjectiveTo investigate whether changing levels of exercise during pregnancy are related to altered neonatal adiposity.DesignSecondary analysis of data from a prospective cohort study.SettingCork, Ireland.Participants1200 mother–infant pairs recruited as part of a prospective birth cohort, Babies Af...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ open 2017-11, Vol.7 (11), p.e017987-e017987
Hauptverfasser: Norris, Tom, McCarthy, Fergus P, Khashan, Ali S, Murray, Deidre M, Kiely, Mairead, Hourihane, Jonathan O’B, Baker, Philip N, Kenny, Louise C
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Zusammenfassung:ObjectiveTo investigate whether changing levels of exercise during pregnancy are related to altered neonatal adiposity.DesignSecondary analysis of data from a prospective cohort study.SettingCork, Ireland.Participants1200 mother–infant pairs recruited as part of a prospective birth cohort, Babies After SCOPE: Evaluating the Longitudinal Impact Using Neurological and Nutritional Endpoints (BASELINE).Main outcome measuresNeonatal adiposity was assessed within several days of birth using air displacement plethysmography (PEAPOD). Per cent body fat (BF%) as a continuous outcome and a pair of dichotomous variables; high or low adiposity, representing BF% >90th or
ISSN:2044-6055
2044-6055
DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017987