Associations of maternal obesity and excessive weight gain during pregnancy with subcutaneous fat mass in infancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Not much is known about the associations of maternal obesity and excessive gestational weight gain with body fat in infancy.

Objective

To examine the associations of maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain with infant subcutaneous fat.

Methods

In a population-based prospective cohort study among 845 mothers and their infants, we obtained maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index and measured maternal weight during pregnancy. At 1.5, 6 and 24months, we estimated infant total subcutaneous fat (sum of biceps, triceps, suprailiacal and subscapular skinfold thicknesses) and central-to-total subcutaneous fat ratio (sum of suprailiacal and subscapular skinfold thicknesses/total subcutaneous fat).

Results

Maternal body mass index was

SUBMITTER: Jharap VV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5439515 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature